Related Clues:

• "Melée in the muck" about right?
• Short, half-inch cherries, say, in packs together
• Politicians predicament
• Scene with rifle in pitched battle?
• Barman has something strong from the bar and needs to be propped up
• Formation of players from both teams in rugby
• Sporting get-together?
• Mêlée
• A rugby play
• Ruck
• Namely strange 12
• Rugby set-piece
• Locks feature in this river surrounded by slime
• Runs into dregs, disorderly crowd
• Second brief scrap or brawl