| BAILED | Fled a difficult situation |
| INDEFATIGABLE | Untiring - I fled a beating (anag) (13) |
| ARMADA | In 1588, this fleet fled a drama at sea (6) |
| DEFLATION | Upset, fled a degree ceremony going round and letting down gently (7,9) |
| GRADUAL | Upset, fled a degree ceremony going round and letting down gently (7,9) |
| LETOUT | A chance to escape a difficult situation |
| SPOT | In a tight ___ (in a difficult situation) |
| AMAZE | Give a great surprise in a difficult situation |
| CLEFTSTICK | In a difficult situation; in a ....... ......... (5,5) |
| BIND | In a ___ (facing a difficult situation) |
| GUMTREE | Up a ___, in a difficult situation (3,4) |
| RECOURSE | A source of help in a difficult situation (8) |
| LOOPHOLE | Means of escape for a railway line meeting a difficult situation? (8) |
| APRETTYPASS | An attractive part of a mountainous journey in a difficult situation |
| BATONASTICKYWICKET | Staff - a staff still around town - deal with a difficult situation |
| BACONRIND | 9s skin product cured a conservative Republican in a difficult situation (5,4) |
| CREEK | Up the ___ without a paddle (in a difficult situation) |
| ARMOR | Plot ___ ("protection" whereby the protagonist of a story always survives a difficult situation) |
| PHILOSOPHICALLY | In a way that calmly accepts a difficult situation (15) |
| WALKATIGHTROPE | Be in a difficult situation and perform a balancing act (4,1,9) |
