Related Clues:

• Competitor, presumably not an outsider
• Competitors in narrow lane
• Opening of space attempt
• Entreaty not to have lunch in the doorway
• What guard doesn't begin to control?
• Head off upper-class people getting on stage
• Well-bred people not the first to get access
• Record-making competitor
• Well bred people not initially coming in
• Competitors - way in
• Record - number of contestants
• Someone signing up for a competition
• Contes-tant
• Postcard in a barrel, perhaps
• Open to carp swimming in wood, perhaps