| Experiencing a lot of traffic: 3 wds. |
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| Stuck |
Thomas Joseph |
14 Aug 2025 |
| Really stuck |
Universal |
12 May 2025 |
| Facing difficulty |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Apr 2025 |
| Having problems, suffering from road congestion? (2,1,3) |
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| Up the creek |
Newsday |
01 Dec 2024 |
| Needing help urgently |
Newsday |
15 Oct 2024 |
| Within a troublesome situation (2,1,3) |
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| Beset with trouble (3 wds.) |
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| Starts interfering now, and judging a man caught in an awkward situation |
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| Stuck |
Thomas Joseph |
02 Jan 2024 |
| How one might describe drivers held up and suffering difficulty? (2,1,3) |
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| Really stuck |
LA Times Daily |
23 Jul 2023 |
| Needing urgent assistance |
Newsday |
06 Jul 2021 |
| Trouble-ridden |
Thomas Joseph |
05 Jun 2021 |
| Up the creek |
The Washington Post |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Up the creek |
LA Times Daily |
31 Dec 2019 |
| Needing rescue |
Newsday |
21 Jul 2019 |
| Really stuck |
Universal |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Having trouble with James the First over crazy mania |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Mar 2019 |
| Having trouble where to put sugary plums and raspberries, for instance |
Irish Times Crosaire |
18 Feb 2019 |
| Processed fruit may be this awkwardly placed |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
18 Jan 2019 |
| Really stuck |
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| Difficult situation: 3 wds. |
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| Needing help |
Newsday |
31 Aug 2018 |
| Stuck |
The Washington Post |
24 May 2018 |
| Stuck |
LA Times Daily |
24 May 2018 |
| Stuck |
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| Facing difficulty |
New York Times |
07 Nov 2017 |
| Stuck |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Aug 2017 |
| Surrounded by standstill traffic |
Jonesin |
28 Feb 2017 |
| Facing difficulty |
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| Stuck |
Thomas Joseph |
15 Oct 2016 |
| Having trouble with sugary plums and raspberries, for instances |
Irish Times Crosaire |
16 Aug 2016 |
| Needing to be bailed out ... or where 20-, 27-, 45- and 51-Across may be found |
LA Times Daily |
07 Jul 2016 |
| Facing big trouble |
USA Today |
21 Apr 2016 |
| With one's back against the wall |
LA Times Daily |
07 Feb 2016 |
| Needing to be bailed out ... or where 20-, 27-, 45- and 51-Across may be found |
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| With one's back against the wall |
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| Stuck |
New York Times |
15 Dec 2015 |
| Stuck, sort of |
Eugene Sheffer |
30 Mar 2015 |
| Creekborne and paddleless |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Jan 2015 |
| Against the wall |
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| Stuck |
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| Needing assistance |
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| Behind the eight ball |
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| Stuck |
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| Needing to be bailed out, maybe |
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| Up the creek |
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| Having trouble |
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| Needing help |
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| Facing big trouble |
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| Having trouble |
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| Experiencing serious traffic |
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| Experiencing serious traffic |
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| Stuck |
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| Facing trouble |
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| Stuck |
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| Looking to be helped out, maybe |
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| Stuck |
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| Stuck |
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| Looking to be helped out, maybe |
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| Up the creek, so to speak |
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| Stuck during rush hour, say |
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| Up the creek (h,h) |
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| Up the creek (h,h) |
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| Stuck during rush hour, say |
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| Up the creek |
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| In need of bailing out, perhaps |
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| In need of bailing out, perhaps |
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| Up the creek |
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| Up the creek, so to speak |
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| Behind the eight ball |
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| Stuck |
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| Surrounded by standstill traffic |
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| Surrounded by standstill traffic |
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| Stuck |
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| Up the creek |
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| Up the creek |
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| Up the creek |
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| Trapped |
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| Fixed, so to speak |
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| Fixed, so to speak |
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| Behind the eight ball |
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| Embarrassingly stuck |
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| Up the creek, so to speak |
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| Tightly gridlocked |
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| Stuck |
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| Needing to be bailed out, perhaps |
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| Besieged from all sides |
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| Unfortunately situated |
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| Needing to be bailed out, perhaps |
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| Needing bailing out |
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| Strapped |
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| Faced with difficulties |
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| Beset with trouble |
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| Facing trouble |
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| Having trouble: Colloq. |
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| Stuck |
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| Tightly gridlocked |
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