| UPAGUMTREE | In a sticky position (2,1,3,4) |
| SNOOKERED | In a sticky position, as had a problem seeing past colour (9) |
| ENDANGERED | Is close to getting irritated in a sticky situation (10) |
| MIRE | In the ___, in a sticky situation (4) |
| GUM | Setback for a sucker in a sticky situation (3) |
| INSOLVENT | In glue, so financially, in a sticky situation? (9) |
| BUCKRAM | Two beastly types can be a little coarse in a sticky situation? That's one for the books! (7) |
| EXUDE | Discharge slowly and steadily, as in a sticky sap from a damaged tree (5) |
| MESSAGES | As sent by a wise man in a sticky situation? (8) |
| GLUER | One in a sticky situation |
| ADMIRE | Respect number trapped in a sticky situation (6) |
| ONTHESPOT | In a sticky situation now (2,3,4) |
| POGOING | Springer regularly does it in a sticky situation (7) |
| GLUM | Unhappy when left in a sticky situation |
| EMBROIL | Involve, as in a sticky situation |
| CRAW | Stomach, in a "sticky" idiom |
| AWKWARD | Singsongy comment in a sticky situation |
| ADHERE | Be in a sticky situation? |
| ENTANGLE | Involve, as in a sticky situation |
| ADHESIVE | It may result in a sticky situation |
