Related Clues:

• Experiencing trouble
• Up against it flying to Spain
• Like a stuck cat, maybe
• Did fish mashed with head removed
• Changing to spin restricts amateur's start on a sticky wicket
• Trapped in a corner, say
• Like a trapped cat, perhaps
• A river protects British on the defensive
• Used a hook, line and sinker
• Out on a limb with nowhere to run
• Surrounded by baying hounds, perhaps
• Prevented from attacking
• Did some serious fishing
• Like a contained enemy
• Knocked sharply on front of this, cornered