| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| hard | in great perplexity or difficulty; at a loss |
| lifeguard | An expert swimmer employed to rescue people who get into difficulty in a swimming pool or at the beach |
| lifeguards | An expert swimmer employed to rescue people who get into difficulty in a swimming pool or at the beach |
| red | operating at a loss or being in debt |
| stuck | Be at a loss for or in need of |
| sticking | Be at a loss for or in need of |
| tree | in a difficult or embarrassing situation; at a loss; stumped |
| apheretic | the loss of one or more sounds at the beginning of a word, as in squire for esquire |
| aphaeresis | The loss of a sound or sounds at the beginning of a word, e.g., in the derivation of adder from nadder |
