| No exit |
| Cul-de-sac |
| Unproductive |
| Blind alley. |
| Like a McJob |
| Maze feature |
| Kingsley play |
| No through road |
| Blind alley, e.g. |
| Bogart film: 1937 |
| Outlet's opposite |
| Low-traffic street |
| Kingsley play: 1935 |
| Not a through street |
| Unproductive procedure |
| It's not going anywhere |
| Site of many a turnaround |
| Having no future, as a job |
| Having no possibility for progress |
| Cul-de-sac ... or what either part of the answer to each starred clue is? |