Possible Clues:

• Baleen — enable who? (anag)
• Horny material in W. H. Auden's introduction upset Nobel committee ultimately
• It would make stay with British hosts healthy one
• How baleen is re-used?
• How Ben unexpectedly accepts beer as stiffener?
• What Ahab's leg was made of
• How baleen changes?
• Bending elbow, hen imbibing a stiffener
• It could make stay with British hosts healthy one
• Hit with something contentious in part of foundation