Possible Clues:

• Playwright Noel
• No victory, with commander in retreat as timid type
• Fighting to slice fish or chicken
• Stiff paper boxes that hurt chicken
• Yellow fish gobbled up, uncooked
• Firm sketch put up for Jessie and company care
• Fishing dispute lowering demand initially for chicken
• Hardly hero material
• Chicken and fish wrap a concern for a major employer?
• One who's habitually afraid