Possible Clues:

• Sneer at corrupt monarch who might hail from Java?
• Oriental
• Asian always keeping near the back
• Oriental ruler chasing unusual sea bird
• Oriental festival a winner? Not half!
• Resident of Connecticut, perhaps, always keeping at the back
• Each contract gained by tougher New Yorker, perhaps
• One from the Orient
• Earliest person to see a sunrise, typically
• New Yorker, for example, creates attention about a humorous author