Related Clues:

• Had in hand
• Grabbed onto
• Straddled, e.g.
• Kept in reserve
• Used as a chair
• Gripped
• Detained
• Clutched
• Sustained
• Didn't break
• Had in one's hands
• ''Little Miss Muffet ___ a tuffet ...''
• Didn't reveal
• Didn't collapse
• Suppressed