| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| PRESSURECOOKER | Tense situation |
| POWDERKEG | Tense situation |
| PAST | Tense situation? |
| NAILBITER | Tense situation |
| BITER | Nail-.. (tense situation) |
| BITER | Nail-... (tense situation) |
| BREAKPOINT | Tense tennis situation |
| CLIFFHANGER | Tense situation for Robertson? |
| BASSESARELOADED | Tense situation, orchestra-wise |
| LOWERSONESVOICE | Defuses a tense situation, maybe |
| DEFUSING | Calming down, as a tense situation |
| LEVITY | Humor that might defuse a tense situation |
| DEFUSE | Neuter, as a bomb or a tense situation |
| oil | to attempt to calm a difficult or tense situation, as an argument |
