| Noisy confused situation |
| Links situation |
| Snob failed (anag) — extremely difficult situation |
| Accept a bad situation, informally |
| Adjusts to one's situation |
| Accepted a bad situation |
| Chaotic situation |
| Confused situation |
| It may result in a sticky situation |
| Critical situation |
| Annoying situation |
| Embarrassing situation |
| Disorderly situation |
| Action that makes bad situations worse, and this puzzle's theme |
| Like a catch-22 situation |
| Difficult-choice situations |
| Bases loaded situation, for the pitcher |
| Like some bad situations |
| Bad situations |
| Situations where one person's gain is another's loss |
| Emergency situations |
| Advantageous situation |
| Bothersome situations |
| Unappealing situation, slangily |
| Turkey-stuffing situation |
| Be in a sticky situation? |
| Like some situations |
| Refrain from interfering with satisfactory situation |
| 911 situation: Abbr. |
| Blind situations |