| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| RESTRAINED | Held back | |
| STEMMED | Held back | |
| BATED | Held back (breath) | |
| SPY | Gypsy held back agent | |
| EMU | Bird held back by plumes | |
| PENTUP | Closely confined or held back | |
| RITENUTO | Held back; holding back; ritardando. | |
| RENAL | Llanero held back concerning his kidneys | |
| CIGAR | Tragically held back product of Havana | |
| ANTENNA | Anna held net back from aerial | |
| NEHRU | Your henchman held back Indira’s dad | |
| DEMON | Don held me back from evil spirit | |
| SCIFI | Literary genre briefly held back by prolific self-publisher | |
| COMPEL | Being held back or forced to do something you dont want | |
| CALK | ...per or other thing against which it is laid or held. ... | |
| EPHOD | A part of the sacerdotal habit among Jews, being a covering for the back and breast, held together on the shoulders by two clasps or brooches o... | |
| POLE | ...el horses, by which the carriage is guided and held back. (b) A flag pole, a pole on which a flag is supported. (c) A Maypole. See Maypole. (d) ... | |