Possible Clues:

• Point pedant raised, boxing clever
• Expert had kept away initially
• Plug old record not, ultimately, up to much
• Master likely to keep in lower classes
• Expert said sexpot needs to get rid of regulars
• More than merely capable
• Expert in a small part of the organisation
• Person who is very highly skilled
• Handy bit of soft-pedalling in recession
• Practised for record time that's given commercial support