Crossword Puzzle Rocket tail?

Clue: Rocket tail?

Short-tailed rodent from a Massachusetts college? (AMHERSTHAMSTER with 14 letters)
Suffix with racket or rocket (EER with 3 letters)
Rockets' and Suns' org. (NBA with 3 letters)
Tailless flying toy (BOXKITE with 7 letters)
"Blue Tail Fly" singer (IVES with 4 letters)
Tailor's inserted piece (GUSSET with 6 letters)
Prefix for rocket (RETRO with 5 letters)
"The ___ Tailors," Sayers book (NINE with 4 letters)
Not knowing one's head from one's tail (RIPROARINGDRUNK with 15 letters)
W.W. II rocket (VONE with 4 letters)