Possible Clues:

• Beset by problems
• Pillaged
• Be seen leaving Aberdeenshire rum that's plundered
• Put under pressure, rushed to get ‘A’ for university
• Worried, hastened to receive religious instruction
• Tormented, it's difficult to conceal simmering ire
• Overwhelmed at work
• Persistently harassed
• Worried husband in need of water, you say?
• Percy would repeat what reivers did