100% | PITS | 4 | Worst possible situation, with "the" |
62% | FATALLY | 7 | With the worst consequences |
61% | ASITIS | 6 | With the situation thus |
59% | ONIT | 4 | Dealing with the situation |
59% | ADAPT | 5 | Change with the situation |
58% | COPED | 5 | Somehow adjusted with the situation |
58% | ORIENT | 6 | Acquaint with the existing situation |
58% | ACHILLES | 8 | Guy with the bad heel |
57% | FLOW | 4 | "Go with the ___" (accept a situation) |
57% | YANKEES | 7 | "Gone With the Wind" bad guys |
56% | PITS | 4 | The absolute worst, with "the" |
55% | NICKCAVE | 8 | Australian musician who sings with the Bad Seeds |
55% | JIMMYDEAN | 9 | Singer with the 1961 hit "Big Bad John" |
53% | AFROPUNK | 8 | Musical movement associated with the Black hardcore band Bad Brains |
52% | CODEGOLF | 8 | Competition that involves creating programs with the lowest possible character count |
52% | BESTOF | 6 | Make the ___ a bad situation: 2 wds. |
51% | FUEL | 4 | Add ___ to the fire (make the situation worse) |
51% | ADD | 3 | ___ fuel to the fire (make a situation worse) |
51% | ADDS | 4 | ___ fuel to the fire (makes a situation worse) |
50% | WORLDS | 6 | John Grogan's "Marley and Me: Life and Love with the ___ Worst Dog" |
50% | FLAMES | 6 | Fan the __, means to make a bad situation worse |
50% | FUEL | 4 | Adding ___ to the fire (making a bad situation worse) |
50% | SLIPPERY | 8 | With 68-Across, precarious situations, as suggested by the circled letters |
50% | THREE | 5 | "The ___ Little Pigs" (fable with the Big Bad Wolf) |
49% | IMNOT | 5 | Possible response to "Who's coming with me into the haunted house?" |
49% | OPENACANOFWORMS | 15 | Attempt to fix something and inadvertently make the situation worse |
48% | ROBOTMAN | 8 | DC Comics character with the simplest possible name you could imagine giving a cyborg superhero |
48% | BOOMORBUST | 10 | Having "very good" and "very bad" as the two possible outcomes |
47% | LASTDANCE | 9 | Donna Summer hit with the lyric “’Cause when I’m bad / I’m so, so bad” |
47% | WARTSANDALL | 11 | Everything, the good with the bad |