Related Clues:

• Seemed funny
• Detected
• Caught wind of
• Got wind of
• Stank
• Was offensive, in a way
• Detected, as a rat?
• Sniffed
• Knocked someone out, say
• Inhaled odour
• Offended the nose
• Savoured
• Detected, as trouble
• Suspected pirate died having penned lines
• Caught a whiff of