| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| DAMSEL | One oft in distress |
| DAMSELS | People oft in distress |
| DAMSEL | One "in distress" |
| DAMSEL | One in distress |
| DAMSEL | One in distress? |
| DAMSEL | One often in distress |
| DAMSEL | One in distress, maybe |
| OGRE | One may put a damsel in distress |
| MEWLING | One may hear this from a kitten in distress |
| 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 |
