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