| UPTHECREEK | (& 21-across) Lacking the means to get out of a tricky situation (2,3,5,7,1,6) |
| SEGMENTATION | Series of cell divisions and the means to get in to it (12) |
| GYPS | College servants supply some of the means to get plastered (4) |
| SLEIGHTOFHAND | The skill of a tricky manipulator (7,2,4) |
| EARNEDAWAGE | Worked for money, while in awe of a tricky grandee (6,1,4) |
| ARLES | Lacking the means to propel a certain boat after shelling French city (5) |
| TEABAG | Criminal sabotage, so lacking the means to make a cuppa? (6) |
| OARLESS | Lacking the means to row (7) |
| UNABLE | Lacking the means to do something |
| UNARMED | Lacking the means to fight back (7) |
| EXPEDIENT | Means to get out of being imprisoned, about to be executed |
| ESCAPE | Peace to a Southerner means to get out (6) |
| CHURCHWEDDING | Could be the means to a marriage of convenience for those joining union in the presence of the Father of the Chapel (6,7) |
| HOKEYCOKEY | Prison head sent down with no means to get out of cell -- that's what it's all about! (5-5) |
| UNFASHIONABLE | Trouble for Scot in marriage, having means to get out |
| HITWICKET | Means to get out greeting card, overwhelming wife |
| HOTSEAT | A position of responsibility in a tricky situation (3,4) |
| DRAMA | At the beginning of December, Vishu avatar creates a tricky situation (5) |
| LOOPHOLE | A way of escape from a tricky situation (8) |
| LAMPLIGHT | Escape a tricky situation? You get illumination from above (9) |
