Related Clues:

• Life-or-death situation
• Words from a blackmailer
• Time bomb, say
• An undesirable thing to be in
• Ultimatum, for example
• Harm's way
• Thug's message
• Bully's remark
• Storm, to a sailor
• Impending danger
• Blackmail tactic
• Menacing words
• Gathering storm
• Scylla or Charybdis
• Imminent risk