| Cornered |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2025 |
| Cornered |
Wall Street Journal |
29 Mar 2025 |
| Trapped (3 wds.) |
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| Cornered |
Thomas Joseph |
07 Oct 2024 |
| In trouble, in a way ? (2,1,4) |
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| Stuck, with no easy way down |
New York Times |
22 Jul 2024 |
| Cornered, using an arboreal metaphor |
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| Stuck (3 wds.) |
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| "Look at me, I'm as helpless as a kitten ___..." ("Misty" line) |
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| Cornered |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Dec 2023 |
| In real trouble |
LA Times Daily |
05 Nov 2023 |
| Cornered ? or hint to this puzzle's circled squares |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2023 |
| Cornered ... or hint to this puzzle's circled squares |
New York Times |
01 Aug 2023 |
| Stymied |
Premier Sunday |
19 Feb 2023 |
| In hot water |
LA Times Daily |
17 Oct 2021 |
| In hot water |
The Washington Post |
17 Oct 2021 |
| Stuck |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Mar 2021 |
| Trapped |
Newsday |
19 Dec 2020 |
| High and dry |
New York Times |
04 Nov 2020 |
| Stumped, rather fittingly |
Newsday |
25 Jul 2020 |
| Cornered |
Premier Sunday |
04 Aug 2019 |
| In trouble |
Wall Street Journal |
17 Jul 2019 |
| In hot water |
Universal |
27 Jan 2019 |
| In hot water |
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| In trouble |
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| Like a stuck cat |
USA Today |
03 Jul 2018 |
| Like a stuck cat |
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| Stuck |
The Washington Post |
15 Dec 2017 |
| Stuck |
LA Times Daily |
15 Dec 2017 |
| Trapped with no way to descend |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
17 Nov 2017 |
| Stuck |
New York Times |
12 Mar 2017 |
| Trapped with no way to descend |
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| Stuck |
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| Stuck |
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| Cornered |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Sep 2016 |
| Cornered, so to speak |
Eugene Sheffer |
24 Feb 2016 |
| Helpless |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Jul 2015 |
| In hot water |
LA Times Daily |
05 Jul 2015 |
| Like kitty waiting out her canine pursuer, perhaps |
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| Like a stuck cat |
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| In hot water |
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| Trapped |
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| Squirreled away? |
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| In real trouble |
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| Stuck, with no way to get down |
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| Like some cats in need of rescue |
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| Trapped |
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| Trapped |
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| Like a cornered cat |
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| Trapped |
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| Like a cornered cat |
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| Trapped |
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| Unable to flee |
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| Unable to escape |
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| In a tough jam |
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| In hot water, say |
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| Stuck, in a way |
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| Done for |
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| Cornered |
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| In hot water |
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| Untenably positioned |
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| In a difficult situation |
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| Completely helpless |
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| Powerless to progress |
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| In hot water |
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| In hot water |
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| Done for |
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| Done for |
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| In trouble |
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| Stuck |
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| In a difficult situation |
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| Helpless |
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| Helpless |
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| Trapped |
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| Trapped |
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| Cornered |
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| Out on a limb |
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| Cornered |
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| Stumped |
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| In a difficult situation |
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| Trapped in branches |
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| Stuck |
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| Stuck |
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| Stumped |
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| Stumped |
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| Stumped, informally |
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| Untenably positioned |
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| Cornered |
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| Out on a limb, in a way |
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| In trouble |
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| Stymied |
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| Having rough going |
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| In a dilemma. |
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| Trapped: Colloq. |
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| Trapped. |
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| Cornered. |
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| Cornered: Colloq. |
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| Stymied: Colloq. |
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