"Gay ___" (Rufus Wainright song I've had stuck in my head for the past week and think would be a good set ender)
9A
Color of a polo that an incredibly insecure cishet man would insist was SALMON
10A
Test supposedlyrequired in order to do post-bachelor work
11A
Card game that can be a friendship killer
12A
Leader in Lashkargah
13A
One wanting head pats and perhaps being called a good girl (I mean, I wouldn't mind, but ARIEL isn't going to fit in three squares and there's not a rebus going on here)