Possible Clues:

• Survive, for example, heat from The Sun article on controversy
• Tough it out
• Persevere
• What you might have to do to deal with 8 across to survive
• Persist through adversity
• Face adversity well
• Survive a heavy blow
• Survive difficulties in Mother Earth's wet ground
• Her thermostat adjusted after we pull through
• Comes after the news article on controversy to get through difficult period