What a Difference an A Made 
Without means of support? BRALESS
Bierce defines it "His" HERS
Fly over Africa? TSETSE
Yoko? JAPANESEBEATLE [theme: final A interchangeable with E]
Prepare to strike, snake-style COIL [I think they rise up to strike out; coil is an ordinary state.]
I remember Elroy Hirsch who had movie-star looks as well as speed and agility --- this is quite before football became the de facto national pastime.
