Related Clues:

• Did a babysitter's job, perhaps
• Believed
• Owned
• Was of the opinion
• Kept, as a job
• Restrained
• Followed a broker's advice, perhaps
• Retained
• Had in hand
• Grabbed onto
• Kept in reserve
• Gripped
• Like the thief at 17- and 27-Across
• Detained
• Clutched