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