Related Clues:

• Prisoner
• Kept in check
• In a position of no escape
• Unable to retreat, as an animal
• Backed into a corner
• Kidnapping victim
• Kept ___ (held off)
• On the defensive
• Person held by kidnapper for ransom
• Prisoner held as surety
• Cornered, trapped
• Can one give an entertaining time to the one that's held?
• One is helped to greet the theatre, perhaps
• One may be held to be how old the entertainer is
• The entertainer for a long time may be held