Difficult situation Crossword Clue

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Difficult situation Crossword Answer

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SCRAPE

(6 letters)

STRAIT

(6 letters)

QUANDARY

(8 letters)

PROBLEM

(7 letters)

PICKLE

(6 letters)

JAM

(3 letters)

PLIGHT

(6 letters)

TOUGHSPOT

(9 letters)

Helpful Hints

(noun)
1. informal terms for a difficult situation
2. a state of confusion and disorderliness
(verb)
1. make a mess of or create disorder in
2. eat in a mess hall

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

DIFFICULT (adjective)
1. hard to control
2. not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure
SITUATION (noun)
1. a condition or position in which you find yourself
2. a job in an organization

Hint 3: Other Answers Used in the Past

SCRAPE
(6 letters)
STRAIT
(6 letters)
QUANDARY
(8 letters)
PROBLEM
(7 letters)
PICKLE
(6 letters)
JAM
(3 letters)
PLIGHT
(6 letters)
TOUGHSPOT
(9 letters)

More WSJ Crossword (7/13/2024) Answers

Across

1. Test for quality

6. Site of some sweaters

9. Teen spots

13. Cross

17. Price and Pons, e.g.

20. Reject

21. Sweeney’s razor, e.g.

22. Range for a viola

23. Whatever

25. Undiluted

26. College building

27. Fleshy fruit

28. “Killers of the Flower Moon” people

29. Continue working hard on

31. Briefly

33. Homes for many commuters

34. Make a stand?

35. Marked by gorges

36. Ruby look-alike

38. Hit a buzzer, maybe

39. On ___ (trying to lose)

40. Author Calvino

42. Comic with a car collection

44. Recharging breaks

47. Ginnie ___ (mortgage-backed securities)

48. “I hear...”

49. Bitter brew

51. Hoedown participant

52. Pro-___ (some tourneys)

53. Title role for Susan Sarandon

54. Bellyache

57. “Vintage Murder” writer Marsh

59. Bats, as a cat toy

60. Noncommittal behavior

62. Flower girl, sometimes

64. Short letter

66. Part of LGBTQ+

67. Belabor an issue that’s already been decided

69. Proclaimed noisily

71. Credit report info

72. Grammy winner with songs in Irish, English and Elvish

73. Tiki bar order

74. Early touring car

77. In vitro cells

78. Balloon filler

80. Made a deal with the feds, maybe

81. Hawk

82. Salon supplies

84. Big name in streaming devices

87. The Crucible setting

88. Chop finely

89. “The Caine Mutiny” writer

91. Elite groups

93. Mellow tones

95. Like a good sentry

97. More loyal

98. In the distant past

99. Predator of tropical seas

101. Redstone of Paramount Global

105. Crèche trio

106. Club at a club

107. “Your secret plan ends now!” (and a hint to the circled letters)

109. A Hard Road to Glory author

110. Flat-nosed lap dog

111. 'At Seventeen' singer Janis

112. Noble lady in Verdi’s “Il Trovatore”

113. 2019 World Series champs

114. Open position

115. Pop-ups e.g.

116. More reasonable

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Down

1. By yesterday!

2. Male person, biblically

3. Films with bugs and plants?

4. They come from the heart

5. “Fargo” affirmative

6. Unexpected problem

7. Tidy sum

8. Rose up on the stage

9. Dress

10. Fall apart

11. Rebels flout them

12. Blunted blade

13. Like Tuareg tribes

14. "Encore!"

15. Brother of Prometheus

16. Nick of “A Walk in the Woods”

18. Weeping woman of myth

19. Treacherously sneaky

24. Gangster's gun

29. Invader of Gaul

30. Cold and wet

32. Tunneling worker

33. “About the author” pieces

35. Seventh incarnation of Vishnu

36. Tearjerker

37. Ballet bend

38. Bribe

41. Le Grand ___ (Versailles palace)

43. Opening time, maybe

45. Nuisances

46. Plod Along

48. Really dazzled

50. Nobelist Sakharov

53. The house of Balenciaga?

54. Blount with four Super Bowl rings

55. Yellow solids

56. Imitate

58. Pleased

59. Tool end opposite the head

60. Charge

61. Fancy fiddle

62. Easily taken advantage of

63. Workout goal, perhaps

65. Org. with scanners

67. Promote heavily

68. Deli order

70. Timeless

73. Address for a general, sometimes

74. Backs out of

75. Pen, e.g.

76. Horace volume

79. Rub the wrong way

80. Abdicator of 1917

81. Retinol, familiarly

83. Fighter pilots fly them

85. Literally, “empty orchestra”

86. Did a 180

88. NYC sports venue

90. People who called it Tavá Kaa-vi before it became Pikes Peak

92. A rat!

94. Studio Ghibli specialty

95. Gimme a break!

96. Capital over two miles above sea level

97. Low prime

98. Fail to keep up

100. What comes to those who wait

101. Roe source

102. Coop group

104. Rigging support

107. Acapulco aunt

108. Aurora's counterpart

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