Related Clues:

• Excuse made by middle-of-the-road, former politician
• Went fast and was in charge
• Managed to get king off row of squares
• Entered (a race)
• Managed; raced
• Bad weather — I left: at speed?
• Managed; operated
• Managed; hurried
• Took a single position in society, away from king
• Was a scooter in transit?
• Was candidate for diploma beaten ultimately?
• Scampered away
• Sought office somewhere in the Mediterranean?
• Went for a seat
• Hustled it up