| GOTINTOHOTWATER | Created a crisis for oneself |
| MIKADO | Okay, a mid crisis for the Japanese emperor! (6) |
| TRIAL | The Arms ___ of 1970 was a major crisis for the Irish government. (5) |
| SUEZ | God! Escalating crisis for Britain (4) |
| FUTON | First cousin dismisses crisis for anyone retiring (5) |
| ISIS | Credit cut left crisis for Egyptian deity |
| PAIR | Crisis for soaps resolved in that which 21 (4,2,8) |
| BREAKINGPOINT | Moment of crisis for the fellow pencilling in the pools results? (8,5) |
| EMERGENCY | Crisis for most of the workers in New Regency (9) |
| EGGMAN | "I am the___" , identity crisis for The Beatles in "I Am The Walrus" (6) |
| OFSCISSORS | Crisis for soaps resolved in that which 21 (4,2,8) |
| PINCH | A tweak; a nip of cold; a financial squeeze or crunch; a crisis; a robbery; or, a sneesh of salt or other substance, taken between a finger and thumb (5) |
| CRUNCH | Word imitative of a loud champ, chew or chomp of a croquette or bite of a biscuit; a crisis; a credit squeeze; a sit-up; or, the moment of truth (6) |
| STEELS | Prepares (oneself), as for a crisis |
| BATTENDOWN | Prepare for a crisis (6,4,3,7) |
| THEHATCHES | Prepare for a crisis (6,4,3,7) |
| HEAD | Reach a crisis, come to a ... |
| MIDLIFE | Time for a crisis |
| SISSY | In a crisis sympathy helps a weak person (5) |
| MIDDLEAGE | Time for a crisis? |
