| FANTHEFLAMES | Make a difficult situation worse, more fiery (3,3,6) |
| SOFTENTHEBLOW | Make a difficult situation easier to bear (6,3,4) |
| ADDFUEL | How stoker will make difficult situation worse (3,4,2,3,4) |
| TOTHEFIRE | How stoker will make difficult situation worse (3,4,2,3,4) |
| BITESTHEBULLET | Makes a difficult decision (5,3,6) |
| INJURYINSULT | Make an upsetting situation worse, visually? |
| TWISTTHEKNIFE | Maliciously make a bad situation worse |
| INFLAME | Make (a situation) worse (7) |
| AGGRAVATE | Make a bad situation worse (9) |
| FEEDTHEFIRE | Make a bad situation worse |
| TWISTEDTHEKNIFE | Make a bad situation worse |
| FUEL | Add ___ to the fire (make a bad situation worse) |
| OTTER | One likely to make Den more fiery in Walford? (5) |
| INSULT | To add ___ to injury, phrase meaning 'to make a bad situation worse' (6) |
| OPENACANOFWORMS | Attempt to fix something and inadvertently make the situation worse |
| ADDS | ___ fuel to the fire (makes a situation worse) |
| ADDEDFUELTOTHEF | Made a volatile situation worse |
| ALONE | Leave well enough ___ (don't risk making a situation worse) |
| REDDER | More fiery either way (6) |
| HOTTER | Hard type seen at The Den is more fiery than others (6) |
