Ease up clutch? (3,1,4)

'ease up' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'clutch?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'clutch?' could be 'grip' ('grip' can be a synonym of 'clutch') and 'grip' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'geta' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?