Related Clues:

• Retained ... or detained
• ___ hands (showed affection)
• Grasped; retained
• Kept a grip on
• Clung onto
• Repressed, with 'in'
• Repressed, with "in"
• Had in one's grasp
• Held for questioning
• Had in one's hands
• Grasped; kept
• Cradled, perhaps
• Spooned, maybe