Related Clues:

• Held back
• The seaman was a marked man when he did not drink
• Avoided alcohol as a cause of dishonour when lying in a bed
• Kept it in one's pants, in a way
• Didn't vote, perhaps
• Refrained from voting
• Sailor getting damaged kept dry
• A bishop, disgraced, was non-committal
• Sailor, disgraced, avoided port?
• Sailor with blemish kept off the rum?
• Dean's a bit squiffy -- should have this?
• Declined to vote
• A bishop, tainted, made Lenten observance?
• Stayed sober
• Sailor getting smeared kept dry?