| Noisy confused situation |
| Admonish urgently |
| Snob failed (anag) — extremely difficult situation |
| Links situation |
| Accept a bad situation, informally |
| Adjusts to one's situation |
| It may result in a sticky situation |
| Accepted a bad situation |
| Confused situation |
| Critical situation |
| Chaotic situation |
| Annoying situation |
| Embarrassing situation |
| Alternatives to urgent care clinics, for short |
| Action that makes bad situations worse, and this puzzle's theme |
| The resurgent board gamer . . . |
| Metaphor for an urgent need |
| Difficult-choice situations |
| Bases loaded situation, for the pitcher |
| Like a catch-22 situation |
| Disorderly situation |
| Bad situations |
| Emergency situations |
| Advised urgently |
| Request urgently |
| Situations where one person's gain is another's loss |
| Like some bad situations |
| Unappealing situation, slangily |
| Bothersome situations |
| Urgent needs |