Possible Clues:

• One successful against one Conservative politician falling short
• Man coming first
• The . . . . . . comic with Alf Tupper
• Homicidal winner from Auden
• Boy of six about to visit Dartmoor hill?
• Oh dear!
• Inaugural ball holder
• Triumphant figure in station avoiding Iowa
• Competitor who's first or second in event, as heard on radio
• Number I caught with gold medallist