Possible Clues:

• First said about one form of rummy
• It's not a copy
• No copy of one drink in oral form
• 'One drink', said outside, 'but it must be new'
• The first to have got one gin in by the mouth
• Love the girl, in a very funny novel
• Love a girl in novel?
• First sailor leaving concerned with Australian
• First - novel
• New in design or character