Related Clues:

• Stuck up a banksia, perhaps
• Backed into a corner
• Aslant
• Caught in a corner
• Cornered, in a way
• Like a trapped kitty, perhaps
• Kept ___ (held off)
• With one's back to the wall
• On the defensive
• Like a cornered cat
• In slangy difficulties, maybe on branch
• Fished with rod and line
• In great difficulties, like the rackaby baby
• Fished with hook and bait
• Cornered, trapped