Fire predecessor when situation deteriorates? Crossword Clue

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RankAnswerLengthSourceDate
98% FRYINGPAN Fire predecessor when situation deteriorates? (9) The Times Cryptic Oct 9, 2024
5% QUANDARY Difficult situation (8) LA Times Daily Dec 23, 2025
5% STANDSTILLS Stalemate situations (11) Commuter Dec 17, 2025
5% IGNITED Fired from editing when drunk (7) The Telegraph Cryptic Dec 12, 2025
5% PDA Cell's predecessor (3) Newsday Dec 12, 2025
5% ABLAZE On fire (6) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 12, 2025
5% DRAW No-win situation? (4) The Telegraph Cross Atlantic Dec 8, 2025
5% MAELSTROM Turbulent situation (9) LA Times Daily Dec 7, 2025
5% MSDOS Windows predecessor (5) Wall Street Journal Dec 6, 2025
5% MONO Stereo predecessor (4) Wall Street Journal Dec 4, 2025

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