Possible Clues:

• Cross this at last is never safe
• The risk of this might be a dire one
• Peril of the dire kind, perhaps
• Ranged about in some peril
• Risk, peril
• It makes one see red; at last it makes one see red
• What may make it so grand about the East is the risk involved
• Peril in garde
• Peril, jeopardy
• Dire perhaps as 26 across at last