The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MESS , but the solution may also be JAM which is one of the most recent solution (2023 in LA Times).
Sticky situation crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| MESS | 29 % | 4 |
| MORASS | 15 % | 6 |
| JAM | 12 % | 3 |
| SPOT | 12 % | 4 |
| BIND | 9 % | 4 |
| HOTPOTATO | 9 % | 9 |
| TARPIT | 3 % | 6 |
| PRETTYPICKLE | 3 % | 12 |
| DILEMMA | 3 % | 7 |
| QUAGMIRE | 3 % | 8 |
| SPOTOFTROUBLE | 3 % | 13 |
Why may JAM be the right solution?
The answer to "Sticky situation" is "JAM" because "jam" can refer to a difficult or problematic situation, similar to being stuck or caught in something sticky.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Sticky situation
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- predicament
- quandary
- dilemma
- tough spot
- problem statement
- pig
- ima
- problem
- fix
- problematic
- preoccupied
- matter
Crossword Answer definitions
MESS noun- A disagreeable mixture or confusion of things; hence, a situation resulting from blundering or from misunderstanding; disorder.
- A large quantity or number.
- Excrement.
- A person in a state of (especially emotional) turmoil or disarray; an emotional wreck.
- (transitive, often used with "up") To make untidy or dirty.
- (transitive, often used with "up") To throw into disorder or to ruin.
- To interfere.
- (used with "with") To screw around with, to bother, to be annoying to.
- Mass; a church service.
- A quantity of food set on a table at one time; provision of food for a person or party for one meal; also, the food given to an animal at one time.
- A number of persons who eat together, and for whom food is prepared in common, especially military personnel who eat at the same table.
- A building or room in which mess is eaten.
- A set of four (from the old practice of dividing companies into sets of four at dinner).
- The milk given by a cow at one milking.
- To take meals with a mess.
- To belong to a mess.
- To eat (with others).
- To supply with a mess.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result MESS
- Boot-camp fare
- Interfere
- Military meal
- Not a pretty sight
- Quantico cuisine
- Recruit's dinner
- Shambles
- Teen's room, often
- Army chow
- Predicament
More clues leading to the result MORASS
More clues leading to the result JAM
- Compress
- Bread spread
- Crush
- Gridlock
- Predicament
- Tight spot
- Toast topper
- Strawberry or blueberry spread
- Traffic trouble
- What the Grateful Dead liked to do?
More clues leading to the result SPOT
- Dalmatian's name?
- Dry-cleaner's target
- Good name for a leopard?
- It may be soft or sweet
- Locale
- TV commercial
- "See __ run"
- Dick and Jane's dog
- Dick's dog
- Pet's name
More clues leading to the result BIND
- Tie up
- Tie tightly
- Cause to cohere
- Tough situation
- Wrap tightly
- Predicament
- Secure with ropes
- Tie together
- Spot of trouble
- Scrape
More clues leading to the result HOTPOTATO
- Protesting spud?
- Controversial issue
- Matter that's hard to handle
- Topic that may be best avoided
- Sticky issue
- Sticky situation
- Touchy topic
- Tough situation
- Touchy topic, so to speak
- Kids' game with quick passes
More clues leading to the result TARPIT
- La Brea feature
- Bone collector
- Dinosaur bone collector
- Mammoth trap?
- Sticky situation?
- Good place to hunt fossils
- Rich source of fossils, perhaps
- Mammoth trapper
- Mammoth catcher
- La Brea attraction
More clues leading to the result PRETTYPICKLE
More clues leading to the result DILEMMA
- Problem with horns?
- Thorny problem
- Predicament
- Perplexing choice
- Quandary
- Choice between two equally bad options
- Choosing between two evils, say
- Catch-22
- Perplexing problem
- Fix