Possible Clues:

• Are you depressed over tea?
• Cart track, e.g.
• Fixed (and tedious?) course
• Tedious routine, but deer find it exciting
• What grading will get rid of
• Channel does prize for this fight, often
• Bad thing to get stuck in
• Unenterprising line of progress
• Relentless nine-to-five gig, e.g.
• Dirt-road hazard