Possible Clues:

• Swelling on the foot
• Painful swelling of the big toe joint
• Painful swelling on the big toe
• Cause for a trip to the podiatrist
• Bachelor at marriage gets so irritable under one¿s foot!
• Sounds like religious author has a painful swelling
• Footsore group of workers led by blockhead
• First point retracted (foot fault)
• Trouble afoot, The Pilgrim's Progress author said
• Problem with foot bachelor had, prior to marriage