Related Clues:

• Unfruitful paths ... or a description of both words in the answers to the seven starred clues?
• Awful deeds and situations offering no way out
• Many leads, ultimately
• Leads someone down the garden paths for final goals
• They're going nowhere in heaven and hell
• Dreadfully saddened there can be no progress here
• Dull leading characters in Dombey and Son — they go nowhere
• Blind alleys
• Maze runner's problems
• Terribly saddened by situations offering no progress
• Dreadfully saddened in positions in which goals are blocked
• Obstacles for investigators
• DD
• Three-point-turn points
• Lost driver's disappointments