Possible Clues:

• Droop, like a bouquet
• Whittle out the flop
• What fresh flowers eventually do
• Become limp, like a bouquet
• Hero of several novels by Tom Sharpe
• Basketball's Chamberlain
• Output from Sharpe in which lecturer's almost completely worn down
• You may use a roller to get rid of it
• Droop from lack of water
• What unwatered flowers do