Tricky Situation Crossword Clue

Tricky situation crossword clue. The courier-mail crossword puzzle question on Saturday, 17 June 2017. 7 letters, 2 words(3,4).

The answer: HOT SEAT

Hoat seat meaning

“Being in the hot seat”, an expression for a high-pressure situation in which a great deal of attention and scrutiny is focused on a person or organization

Example in sentence

He suddenly found himself in the hot seat, facing a hundred angry residents at a protest meeting. She has been the woman in the hot seat at this company during the last five difficult years. Give me a break — I’ve been sitting on the hot seat all morning, fielding phone calls from angry customers!