Related Clues:

• Stroke head of retriever, taking note from master?
• Oarsman in commotion on East River
• One in fight who's wielding blade?
• One fights on, with soldiers in retreat
• Person using oars
• He's plainly argumentative, though a sportsman
• A contender - one of eight
• One of eight who is argumentative?
• One wielding a blade, belligerent?
• One who has a stroke?
• Regatta participant
• Member of a racing crew
• Oarsman carried by hero, we recall
• One who obeys a coxswain's commands
• Oarsman (or woman)