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Maximally unpleasant situation

Last seen in Universal Crossword December 31, 2020 Answers

Can't figure out the crossword clue "Maximally unpleasant situation"? This clue was in the Universal Crossword puzzle on December 31, 2020. Our database suggests THEPITS (7 letters) as the top answer with 99% confidence, selected from 137 possibilities. We've analysed thousands of crossword puzzles to bring you the most accurate solutions.

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137 Other Potential Answers

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THEPITS
Maximally unpleasant situation
Universal Crossword · Dec 31, 2020
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ANO
"It's __-win situation"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 22, 2026
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SAWTOIT
Took care of a situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 16, 2026
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AGLINING
Upside found periodically in a bad situation?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
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HORNETSNEST
Sticky situation
Universal Crossword · Mar 21, 2026
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MATCHPOINT
Tense situation during court proceedings?
Universal Crossword · Mar 8, 2026
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HOOT
Amusing situation
Universal Crossword · Mar 3, 2026
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NASTIEST
Most unpleasant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 12, 2026
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OBNOXIOUS
Extremely unpleasant
Universal Crossword · Feb 5, 2026
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MESS
Sticky situation
Universal Crossword · Feb 1, 2026
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TIEGAME
No-win situation?
Universal Crossword · Jan 28, 2026
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MADEHAY
Took advantage of a situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
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QUANDARY
Difficult situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 23, 2025
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MAELSTROM
Turbulent situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 7, 2025
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WEIRDVIBE
Uneasy feeling about a situation
Universal Crossword · Nov 8, 2025
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WEVE
"__ got a situation here"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 5, 2025
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DRAW
No-win situation?
Universal Crossword · Sep 29, 2025
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GLUE
Cause of a sticky situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 31, 2025
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SNARL
Complicated situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 13, 2025
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GOATRODEO
Out of control situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 27, 2025
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COOLERHEADS
Folks who hopefully prevail in a tense situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 15, 2025
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HOTSEAT
Stressful situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 14, 2025
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TROUBLEDWATERS
Difficult situation, or what can be found in each set of circled letters?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 7, 2025
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EABULLET
*Avoid a sticky situation
Universal Crossword · Apr 11, 2025
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LOSELOSE
Like a situation with no good outcome
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 22, 2025
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CLUTCH
Successful in a critical situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 12, 2025
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INEEDSOMEADVICE
"Help me out with this situation ..."
Universal Crossword · Feb 8, 2025
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PRESSURECOOKER
Highly stressful situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 1, 2025
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SETTHESCENE
Describe a situation
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Jan 7, 2025
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TIE
No-win situation?
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Dec 16, 2024
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TIGHTROPE
Precarious situation, metaphorically
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2024
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DREAD
Emotion before starting an unpleasant task
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 1, 2024
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ICANTRELATE
"Never been in that situation myself" (... first 2 letters + the last letter)
Universal Crossword · Nov 21, 2024
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CRAW
Where something unpleasant sticks
Universal Crossword · Oct 13, 2024
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ANDYETHEREWEARE
"Nevertheless ... our situation hasn't changed"
Universal Crossword · Sep 1, 2024
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UNSEE
Wipe from memory, as an unpleasant image
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 27, 2024
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ASITIS
"Given the situation ..."
Universal Crossword · Aug 24, 2024
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MORASS
Convoluted situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 7, 2024
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QUAGMIRE
Sticky situation
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Jul 31, 2024
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STRONGSTOMACH
Ability to handle unpleasant tasks
Thomas Joseph Crossword · May 24, 2024
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SILVERLINING
Positive spin on a bad situation, or a feature of 20-, 31-, 38-, and 45-Across
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 15, 2024
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DEALWITHIT
*"Go handle the situation!"
Universal Crossword · May 6, 2024
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WHEREAPPLICABLE
As the situation warrants
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2024
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SOCIALCUE
Missing one could cause an awkward situation
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2024
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DIRESTRAITS
Really bad situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 30, 2024
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NOWIN
Like a lose-lose situation
Universal Crossword · Mar 4, 2024
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SNAFU
Muddled situation
Universal Crossword · Feb 17, 2024
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BAIL
Abandon a situation, informally
Universal Crossword · Feb 14, 2024
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ENTANGLE
Get wrapped up in a sticky situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 12, 2024
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READAPT
Adjust to a situation again
Premier Sunday Crossword · Feb 4, 2024
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CANTRELATE
"Never been in that situation myself"
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 30, 2023
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ONIT
Handling the situation
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 30, 2023
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DOORDIE
Desperate, as a situation
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 17, 2023
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TURNSITAROUND
Steers a situation in a better direction (... letters 7-10)
Universal Crossword · Dec 6, 2023
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WINWIN
Like an ideal situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 5, 2023
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JAM
Sticky spread ... or a sticky situation
Universal Crossword · Oct 18, 2023
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DIPLOMATICMISS
Failure to use tact in a delicate situation?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 17, 2023
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ADDEDFUELTOTHEF
Made a volatile situation worse
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 10, 2023
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DRAG
Boring situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 25, 2023
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GRAYAREA
Unclear situation
Universal Crossword · Jun 1, 2023
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BLACKHOLE
Inescapable situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 13, 2023
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USVSTHEM
Generalized rivalry situation
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 9, 2023
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SCRAPE
Tough situation
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Apr 6, 2023
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READEMANDWEEP
Declaration from a person playing poker in a situation where the opponents think they have it in the bag [67-Across: "I win!"]
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 29, 2023
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HIKINGCRABS
People who are grumpy about how unpleasant the trail is?
Universal Crossword · Mar 5, 2023
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DOUBLEOT
High-stakes gridiron situation, and a feature of eight long puzzle answers
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 12, 2023
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AWINGANDAPRAYER
* Hope when the situation is desperate
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jan 1, 2023
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UPSIDE
Positive part of a situation
Universal Crossword · Dec 14, 2022
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FREEFORALL
*Super chaotic situation
Universal Crossword · Oct 9, 2022
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SOURED
Became unpleasant, as relations
Universal Crossword · Sep 1, 2022
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BIND
Sticky situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 14, 2022
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DESKLAMPS
Devices that may shed some light on a situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 16, 2022
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SHEDS
Creates a hairy situation?
Universal Crossword · Jun 19, 2022
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ODOR
Aroma's unpleasant relative
Universal Crossword · Apr 27, 2022
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BELLYOFTHEBEAST
*Extremely hostile situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 19, 2022
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THREEON
Bases-loaded situation
Premier Sunday Crossword · Mar 27, 2022
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AWHOLEOTHLGAME
Completely different situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 27, 2022
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THEMADESHADE
Metaphor for a sitting-pretty situation, literally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 18, 2022
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ISO
One-on-one situation in b-ball
Universal Crossword · Dec 25, 2021
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INOT
When a tense NBA situation may occur
Universal Crossword · Dec 18, 2021
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POSTTRUTH
Like a situation in which emotional persuasion trumps factual accuracy
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 11, 2021
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IKNOWTHESCORE
“The situation is quite clear”
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Dec 10, 2021
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HILT
To the __: maximally
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 20, 2021
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TRAP
Tough-to-get-out-of situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 28, 2021
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SCENARIO
Hypothetical situation
Universal Crossword · Sep 22, 2021
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ETSONESELFAGAINST
*Prepare emotionally for, as something unpleasant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 19, 2021
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MIRE
Sticky situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 11, 2021
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PLIGHT
Unfortunate situation
Universal Crossword · May 17, 2021
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STICKYWICKET
Difficult situation
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · May 10, 2021
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THINICE
Metaphor for a treacherous situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 31, 2021
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STRUGGLEBUS
Facetious metaphor for a difficult situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 23, 2021
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ORIENT
Acquaint with the existing situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 24, 2020
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WASH
Break-even situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 12, 2020
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CRISIS
Tense situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2020
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CARNAGE
Chaotic situation, in slang
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 24, 2020
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THETRUTHOFTHEMATTER
What’s accurate about a situation
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jul 12, 2020
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EMBROIL
Involve, as in a sticky situation
Universal Crossword · Jun 29, 2020
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FINDOUTTHEHARDWAY
Discover via unpleasant personal experience
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jun 21, 2020
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FARNESS
Remote situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 12, 2020
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SETPOINT
Tense tennis situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 10, 2020
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BITEYOURTONGUE
Refrain from saying something unpleasant
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 9, 2020
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LOVETRIANGLE
Common romantic situation in telenovelas
Universal Crossword · Apr 14, 2020
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GETNASTY
Become very unpleasant
Universal Crossword · Apr 9, 2020
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INJURYINSULT
Make an upsetting situation worse, visually?
Universal Crossword · Mar 30, 2020
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BIGMESS
Difficult and confusing situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Dec 20, 2019
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ONEON
Two-run homer situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 29, 2019
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TWOOUT
Walk-off hit situation, perhaps
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 23, 2019
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TINDERBOX
Volatile situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 5, 2019
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RIOT
Tear gas situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Aug 19, 2019
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FEEDTHEFIRE
Make a bad situation worse
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 8, 2019
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RUT
Tedious situation
LA Times Daily Crossword · Apr 28, 2019
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PERPETUALCHECK
*Chess situation that forces a draw
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 11, 2019
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ELEMENTOFSURPRISE
Advantage in some situations, or an alternate title for this puzzle
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2026
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DIRE
Do-or-die, situationwise
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jan 27, 2026
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AREAS
Gray ___ (ambiguous situations)
Universal Crossword · Jan 11, 2026
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CASUAL
Like a situationship
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 9, 2025
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WHATAREWE
"Is this a relationship or a situationship?"
Universal Crossword · Jun 9, 2024
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EDITOR
Expert in resolving tense situations?
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 28, 2024
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SOURNOTE
Moment of unpleasantness
LA Times Daily Crossword · May 3, 2024
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CODESWITCH
What a bilingual speaker may do in different situations ... or a three-part theme hint
Universal Crossword · Jan 23, 2024
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MESSES
Sticky situations
Universal Crossword · Jan 15, 2024
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CRISES
High-stress situations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Nov 2, 2023
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NORMS
Typical situations
Premier Sunday Crossword · Oct 29, 2023
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TIES
No-win situations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jul 29, 2023
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NAILBITERS
Suspenseful situations
Premier Sunday Crossword · Jun 11, 2023
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CHECKMATES
King-trapping situations
Premier Sunday Crossword · Apr 30, 2023
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TIEGAMES
No-win situations?
LA Times Daily Crossword · Feb 21, 2023
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GRAYAREAS
Ill-defined situations
Premier Sunday Crossword · Dec 11, 2022
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ITSALOT
"This situation's overwhelming!"
Universal Crossword · Aug 11, 2022
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CRINGEBENEFITS
Silver linings of awkward situations?
Universal Crossword · Jan 3, 2022
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DREDGEUPTHEPAST
Start thinking about old unpleasantness
LA Times Daily Crossword · Oct 30, 2021
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UGLY
Way some situations turn
LA Times Daily Crossword · Jun 11, 2021
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NONEVENTS
Anticlimactic situations
Thomas Joseph Crossword · Mar 30, 2021
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QUAGMIRES
Sticky situations
Eugene Sheffer Crossword · Oct 29, 2019
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LIMBOS
Transitional situations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 28, 2019
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DOUBLEINDEMNITY
*Life insurance clause specifying twice the payment for certain situations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Sep 23, 2019
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TACT
Skill useful in delicate situations
LA Times Daily Crossword · Mar 20, 2019

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How many possible solutions does "Maximally unpleasant situation" have?
We found 1 exact solution and 137 total potential answers including similar clues. The most likely answer is THEPITS (7 letters).
What is the best answer for "Maximally unpleasant situation"?
The best answer for "Maximally unpleasant situation" is THEPITS with 7 letters. This answer has a 99% confidence rating based on our database of crossword solutions.
Where has "Maximally unpleasant situation" been used as a crossword clue?
This clue has appeared 1 time in our database. It has been featured in Universal Crossword. It was last seen in the Universal Crossword on December 31, 2020.
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