1) Riki Tiki Tavi, after falling into a tub of yellowish-green paint. (chartreuse mongoose)
2) Young 19th-century general, bragging that he would easily defeat the Lakota and Cheyenne braves. (Custer Bluster)
3) Politely suppress a digestive noise. (Squelch belch)
4) An unsavory Englishman. (slimey Limey)
7) The ghosts of chickens past. (prior fryer)
12) An extraordinarily plain milk container. (spartan carton)
13) Cousteau’s footwear. (Jacques’ sox)