Answer:

kneedeep

Answer	Crossword Clue
KNEEDEEP	Partially immersed
KNEEDEEP	Mired
KNEEDEEP	Seriously embroiled

KNEEDEEP	Seriously involved
KNEEDEEP	Considerably embroiled
KNEEDEEP	Intensely engaged
KNEEDEEP	Fordable, perhaps
KNEEDEEP	Heavily involved (in)
KNEEDEEP	Designating a depth, as of water.
KNEEDEEP	Describing a snowfall.
KNEEDEEP	Submerged to a certain depth.

KNEEDEEP	Overwhelmed.
KNEEDEEP	In to a certain point.
KNEEDEEP	Like one end of a pool.
KNEEDEEP	Not quite thigh-high.
KNEEDEEP	Inextricably involved
KNEEDEEP	Very involved
KNEEDEEP	Well into
KNEEDEEP	Like awful mud

KNEEDEEP	Into something quite a way
KNEEDEEP	Like snow after a blizzard, perhaps
KNEEDEEP	Substantially (in)
KNEEDEEP	Completely engaged (in)
KNEEDEEP	Embroiled (in)
KNEEDEEP	Very involved, as in controversy
KNEEDEEP	Very much involved
KNEEDEEP	Embroiled, as in controversy

KNEEDEEP	Like a wading pool, maybe
KNEEDEEP	Quite involved (in)
KNEEDEEP	Like some heavy snowfalls
KNEEDEEP	Mired (in)