| Dreaded | 7 |
| Threatening | 11 |
| Menacing | 8 |
| Kind of straits | 15 |
| Alarming | 8 |
| Life-or-death | 13 |
| Extremely serious | 17 |
| Very urgent | 11 |
| Like some straits | 17 |
| Fatal | 5 |
| ___ straits | 11 |
| Fraught with peril | 18 |
| Drastic | 7 |
| Desperate, as a warning | 23 |
| Like some consequences | 22 |
| Extremely worrisome | 19 |
| Dreadful, as consequences | 25 |
| Desperately urgent | 18 |
| Desperate, as straits | 21 |
| In __ straits (desperate) | 25 |
| Grievous | 8 |
| Fraught with danger, as some circumstances | 42 |
| Desperate, as circumstances | 27 |
| ___ Straits, rock group | 23 |
| Really dreadful | 15 |
| Portending disaster | 19 |
| Needing immediate attention | 27 |
| Nearly hopeless | 15 |
| Like some straits? | 18 |
| Like some bears' market predictions | 39 |
| Kind of emergency | 17 |
| In __ straits | 13 |
| Harrowing | 9 |
| Hardly looking good | 19 |
| Grim, grave, or grievous | 24 |
| Fraught with extreme danger | 27 |
| Desperate, as a situation | 25 |
| Word with peril | 15 |
| Word with need or consequences | 30 |
| Voir ___ (juror exam) | 21 |
| Urgently desperate | 18 |
| Terribly urgent | 15 |
| Straits modifier | 16 |
| Some predictions | 16 |
| Serve up some gossip | 20 |
| Seemingly hopeless | 18 |
| Rock's _____ Straits | 24 |
| Presaging disaster | 18 |
| Potentially ruinous | 19 |
| Potentially disastrous | 22 |
| Of the utmost concern | 21 |
| Not looking good, to say the least | 34 |
| Not looking good | 16 |
| Not just serious | 16 |
| Looking grim | 12 |
| Kind of need | 12 |
| In __ straits (needing help) | 28 |
| Ill-boding | 10 |
| Fraught with danger, as circumstances | 37 |
| Foreboding trouble | 18 |
| Fearsome | 8 |
| Extremely urgent | 16 |
| Emergency-related | 17 |
| Dreadful, as circumstances | 26 |
| Calamitous, like a threat | 25 |
| C'est à ___ | 18 |
| Apocalyptic | 11 |
| "Sultans of Swing" ___ Straits | 40 |
| "Money for Nothing" ___ Straits | 41 |
| "___ Wolf" Grateful Dead | 34 |
| "___ Straits," rock group | 35 |
| --- Straits (rock group) | 24 |
| --- Straits ("Sultans of Swing" group) | 48 |
| ___ Straits of rock | 19 |
| ___ Straits (rock group) | 24 |
| ___ Straits ("Brothers in Arms" band) | 47 |
| __ straits (difficult position) | 31 |
| Candid | 6 |
| Show the way | 12 |
| Like some currents | 18 |
| Kind of current | 15 |
| Not beating around the bush | 27 |
| Person-to-person | 16 |
| Not roundabout | 14 |
| Emulate Spielberg | 17 |
| Call the shots? | 15 |
| Tell actors how to act | 22 |
| Point the way | 13 |
| Face-to-face | 12 |
| Without stops or detours | 24 |
| What helmers do | 15 |
| What Forman and Huston do | 25 |
| Tell others how to act | 22 |
| Straight from the source | 24 |
| Set the scene? | 14 |
| Sans stopovers | 14 |
| Oversee actors | 14 |
| Not meandering | 14 |
| Lead the orchestra | 18 |
| Lacking a stopover, as a flight | 31 |