Possible Clues:

• One who is tall and thin in the garden
• Noble ape like lanky fellow
• Being tall and thin could be a help for a runner
• Gardener's vine support
• Tall and thin person
• Lone black pea spiralling something like a pea stick
• Ben engaging a European, a tall thin person
• Support for runner, a lanky fellow
• Olive Oyl, for one
• Tall thin person - where runners are found?