Related Clues:

• Up the creek, so to speak
• On the outs
• In need of bailing out, perhaps
• Needing serious help
• Facing difficulty
• Where 17-, 29-, 36- and 44-Across often wind up
• Needing bailing out, maybe
• Hardly getting along
• Up the creek (h,h)
• Stuck during rush hour, say
• Stressful place to be
• Stuck, sort of
• Looking to be helped out, maybe
• Having difficulty
• With one's back to the wall