The Clue
Out on a limb (5 letter answer)
The Answer
TREED
Tags
Notes
The answer TREED is common and appears about once every 225 puzzles.
Related Clues
At bay
Cornered
Stuck
Wooded
Brought to bay
In a difficult position
Stuck up?
In a tough position
In a tough spot
Trapped aloft
Unable to escape
Having nowhere to run
Out on a limb, literally
Put in a difficult position
Unable to escape, in a way
Beset by baying dogs, maybe
Like a cat in need of a firefighter, stereotypically
Definition
TREE as a verb:
1. (corner, tree) = force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape
2. plant with trees; "this lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer"
3. chase an animal up a tree; "the hunters treed the bear with dogs and killed it"; "her dog likes to tree squirrels"
4. (tree, shoetree) = stretch (a shoe) on a shoetree
TREED as an adjective:
1. (at bay, cornered, trapped, treed) = forced to turn and face attackers; "a stag at bay"; "she had me cornered between the porch and her car"; "like a trapped animal"