Related Clues:

• How one mioght have behaved in a fishy way with corners
• Cornered in branches
• Out on a limb, perhaps
• Hemmed in, perhaps
• In difficulties, but not grounded?
• Suffering adversity, Ian opts out
• Trapped, as a cat
• Wrongly attack who'll be in a desperate situation
• Cornered, as a wild animal
• Behind the eightball
• Trapped in a corner
• Like some cats in need of rescue
• Stuck, with no way to get down
• Dropped a line?
• Cornered, as a raccoon