| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| NAG | Distress, with "at" |
| EMMA | Book whose title character "had lived nearly twenty-one years in the world with very little to distress or vex her" at the start of the story |
| MANOVERBOARD | Distress call at sea |
| SOS | Distress signal at sea |
| SOS | Distress call at sea |
| SOS | Distress call, at sea |
| PERSONOVERBOARD | Politically correct distress call at sea? |
