Possible Clues:

• Does his outwork get him into a fury at last?
• Resistance to fire warden
• Military commando
• Does his openwork make what are sounding cross?
• Rrage?
• R is all the rage for a life in the open
• Work outside makes him cross the end
• Cross at last at having to work outside
• Working in the open, it makes him cross to lose his head
• Keeper of park or Texas policeman