THEME:   meals with new meanings   
GOOD ONES:     Group for jive fools?   TURKEY-CLUB   
Quick swim in la mar?   FRENCH-DIP   
GI unlikely to pass inspection   SLOPPY-JOE ["G.I. Joe"]   
Reneged political funding   PULLED-PORK [a Southern dish mostly]   
Last of the Mohicans?   ESS  [this kind of clue is becoming so popular that even this slowpoke got it right off]      
BTW:   Parenthesis, e.g.   ARC [note singular spelling]   
Hit the big leagues   GO-PRO [maybe, but there are many professional (paid players) leagues which are "minor" --- thus a minor-leaguer who hits the bigs does not GO PRO; he already is]      
RATING:    
 
 
Three grins = Loved it; Two grins = Enjoyed it; One grin = A bit bland for my taste; One teardrop = Not much fun