Related Clues:

• Stuck
• Stymied
• Embarrassingly stuck
• Troubled
• Needing to be bailed out, perhaps
• Up the creek
• Needing help
• Having trouble
• Requiring help
• Facing trouble
• Behind the eight ball
• Surrounded by standstill traffic
• Trouble-ridden
• Stuck, figuratively
• Up the creek, so to speak