Possible Clues:

• ___ a rock and a hard place
• Among them the little bent, battered holder
• Don't tell anyone else...
• Put a little money on the North, but not at either end
• Gamble a little with the North, but not 33 across
• 4 down the tiny North in the middle
• Gamble a little on the North, but not in the end
• Twisted, bent around a little, but not on the outside
• In the intermediate part
• Wager just a little with the North in the middle