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FOOTHOLDSmall area captured and held as the basis for subsequent advance (8)
POSSESSEDIt's collected and held as property
SINGLETONCard held as the only one of its suit
HOSTAGEPerson captured and held for a ransom. (7)
POWSPeople who have been captured and held by the enemy in war (4)
INAGROVEShort story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa used by Akira Kurosawa as the basis for the characters and plot of his movie Rashomon
UNDERLIEServe as the basis for
CENTAURYPlant in area captured by company of Roman soldiers (8)
DECKHANDA job for the sailor, held by the dealer and held by the gambler (8)
ESPRESSOCoffee served in shots or used as the basis of cappuccino; or, the method/machine for making this (8)
BANISHEDSeized area captured by whirling Dervish (8)
HOSTAGESMore than 200 of these were captured and brought to Gaza in October 2023 (8)
MATERIALSubstance from which something is made; cloth, fabric or textile; jokes, songs etc comprising a performer's act; or, the facts, ideas, notes etc collected as the basis of a book (8)
TONALITYUse of harmony as the basis of musical composition (8)
OCCUPIED... captured and tied up (8)
ACCURSEDDenounced ringleader,s captured and is doomed
EICHMANNKarl Adolf ___, Austrian Nazi official who escaped to Argentina after World War II but was captured and executed in 1962
TETHEREDTied and held by Applethwaite the Redneck (8)
ARRESTEDStopped and held the others in a sort of dare (8)
ROMATomato cultivar commonly used for canning and as the basis for Italian sauces