Related Clues:

• Went through an "oar-deal"
• Stroked, in a way
• Created a noisy squabble
• Employed oars
• What Redgrave did better than most
• Propelled by oars
• Maybe went from Putney to Mortlake using South Circular, say?
• Used blade in a way that's audible
• Emulated Michael of song
• Made progress on the water using oars
• Went boating; quarrelled
• Quarrelled
• He abandoned her, due to having quarrelled
• Oared
• Travelled by water and land route for the hearing