| TURNTHECORNER | Get past a difficulty or danger (4,3,6) |
| SNAG | A difficulty or disadvantage (4) |
| OVERTHEHUMP | Past a difficulty like a driver that's crossed a bridge? (4,3,4) |
| OUTOFTHEWOODS | No longer in difficulty or danger |
| CRISIS | Time of intense difficulty or danger |
| PITFALL | Unexpected difficulty or danger (7) |
| TROUBLEMAKERS | People who habitually cause difficulty or problems (13) |
| ATTHESHARPEND | Where stress or danger is greatest |
| HOBBLE | A limp; a fetter for a horse; a hitch or difficulty; or, a neutered ferret (6) |
| OASIS | From "dwelling place", a fruitful or green area in a sandy desert; or, a sanctuary/place of sustenance in the midst of bustle, difficulty or gloom (5) |
| FAKEID | One might get past a bouncer |
| PHEASANT | Cock that might get past a hen? |
| SLIPTHROUGH | Get past a weird URL high spot (4,7) |
| BOOBYTRAP | A means of luring or tricking a foolish person into difficulty or error (5,4) |
| DECOY | A person or thing used to lure an animal or person into a trap or danger |
| HICCUP | A minor difficulty or problem (6) |
| EASE | Freedom from difficulty or hardship or effort. |
| FACER | Colloquially, a sudden difficulty or obstacle |
| THREAT | A person or thing likely to cause damage or danger (6) |
| INTHESOUP | Facing difficulty, or a bad place for this puzzle's starred "trouble foods" (note their last words) |
