Possible Clues:

• Remove one's grip
• Stop holding, in Hampstead
• Give up holiday to work
• Drop bricks going around parties endlessly
• Give up almost fat-free greens etc — in short, nothing
• Lose one's grip on holiday journey
• Convenience stores close for Yuletide: I give up!
• With little sign of victory in field, I surrender
• Remove one's hold
• Free a Swede perhaps cornered by lion