Possible Clues:

• Harasses leading swimmer for magazine article by getting under one's feet perhaps
• Sounds like he'll get all of 23 down - that'll certainly give someone a spring in their step
• Sounds like he'll be associated with weapon found in cobblers
• Sounds like he'll be attached to weapon found in cobblers
• Sounds like he¿ll hold gun found in cobblers
• Cad still talked about in part of Oxford