Possible Clues:

• Some, at end, must be fodder for worms
• Cooked meat's done for worms
• Made notes about worms
• Worms army chaps pulled up — poetic things
• Meat that's cooked inside doesn't mostly spread worms!
• Possibly worms pet coming up in lumps
• Pet returned in end, so treated for worms?
• Roundworms
• Worms discovered in one-masted ship
• Tom needs a fix! He's got worms