Related Clues:

• Stalemate
• Gridlock
• Lively
• Standoff
• At an --- (deadlocked)
• Standstill
• Roadblock
• Mediator's challenge
• Dead end
• Deadlock
• No-win situation
• You can't escape from it
• Going-nowhere situation
• Negotiator's problem
• Deadlock or stalemate