Related Clues:

• Telephone on a stage, e.g.
• Latch onto
• Skull in ''Hamlet,'' e.g.
• Actor's pipe, e.g.
• Get a handle on
• Hold (up)
• Clutch tightly
• Cane, to Charlie Chaplin
• ___ 8 [grumble]
• Object for 9-Across
• Ringing phone on stage, e.g.
• Get a hold of
• Groucho's cigar, e.g.
• Shore (up)
• Item held by an actor