Related Clues:

• Caught in position with no escape, like rat
• Powerless or defenceless
• Powerless or incapacitated
• Unable to manage, dependent on others
• Puzzled out
• Cornered, trapped
• Incapable
• Hindered, obstructed
• That's enough to get ill in Ireland
• Sep can't do a thing with the shell
• If your helping were like this, all you'd get would be only a mixed gin
• Caught angling, perhaps
• 'Don't give so much by hand, perhaps (8)'
• Vulnerable
• Hemmed in, perhaps