1) Artists in dire situations 2) Connecting channels 3) Difficulties 4) Difficulties, often dire 5) Dire places 6) Dire situations 7) Dover and gibraltar 8) Dover, Magellan, etc 9) Geographical connectors 10) Gibraltar and dover 11) Gibraltar and Magellan 12) Narrow passages 13) Narrow sea routes 14) Narrow ship passages Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/straits