pumpkin; squash
close; stuffy
This cloth is too closely woven
in a fix; in a stalemate/checkmate; hard-pressed
To be hard-pressed for rhymes while writing verses
To be in an awful stalemate
To extricate oneself from a fix
Necessity knows no law; needs must when the devil drives
to be at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to dry up
To be at a loss because of a barrage of questions
If you get stuck, go on to the next question