Possible Clues:

• Drove dangerously, as funeral director did?
• Engaged in
• Promised to deal with nasty Kent odour
• Formally promised (to do something)
• Tackled foreign articles - over a thousand
• Didn't take enough, so contracted
• Having contracted, removed too little, it seems
• Not having taken enough, it seems, one contracted
• Having contracted, helped oneself not liberally enough, maybe
• Contacted below to get all right