| Noisy confused situation |
| Snob failed (anag) — extremely difficult situation |
| Links situation |
| Accept a bad situation, informally |
| How stadium crowds move |
| Push aggressively, as through a crowd |
| All of a crowd, maybe |
| Like a cheering capacity crowd |
| Angry crowd forms a small band? |
| Adjusts to one's situation |
| Accepted a bad situation |
| It may result in a sticky situation |
| Confused situation |
| Critical situation |
| Chaotic situation |
| Annoying situation |
| In-crowd invitees |
| Embarrassing situation |
| Occasion for facing a hostile crowd |
| Action that makes bad situations worse, and this puzzle's theme |
| A moving crowd |
| Crowd that needs controlling |
| Difficult-choice situations |
| Bad situations |
| Emergency situations |
| Like a catch-22 situation |
| Bases loaded situation, for the pitcher |
| Disorderly situation |
| Situations where one person's gain is another's loss |
| Like some bad situations |