Terrified hostages with a puzzle (5,2,1,5)
I believe the answer is:
white as a ghost
'terrified' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'hostages with a puzzle' is the wordplay.
'puzzle' indicates an anagram.
'hostages'+'with'+'a'='hostageswitha'
'hostageswitha' is an anagram of 'WHITE AS A GHOST'.
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