Possible Clues:

• Projectiles
• Falcons and Patriots, e.g.
• The girl hides her lies and they get shot
• Weapons don't hit revolutionary isle
• 1962 crisis items
• The young lady lies in confusion and gets fired
• They get fired when they don't hit the islands, by the sound of them
• Things thrown or shells fired
• “Surprisingly quick at throwing stones, turf and other ____” (Walter Scott)
• The girl lies and may be fired after 1 across