Possible Clues:

• More senior; tree
• Tree of the honeysuckle family
• Like Frank Hardy, vis-à-vis Joe
• Woody shrub - used for wine, tea or cordial
• Plant — is one sage?
• Senior fabricator loses weight
• Tree — having lived longer
• Male missionary in the Mormon church
• Metal worker not initially for senior church figure
• A brother of 1 Ac.