Related Clues:

• Flag support
• Officer of high rank
• Comissioned military officer
• Long, round rod
• No cello for the officer
• Round rod, of wood say
• 'No cello for this officer, strangely (7)'
• Senior army officer
• Commissioned officer
• 'Round rod, of wood say (4)'
• No cello for this officer
• By himself in the pass, it sounds as if he's at the centre of things
• One in the corps sounds like one at the core
• Does rank enable him to be at the heart of thigs, by the sound of it?
• Rank enough to be at the heart of things, by the sound of it