The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word CRISES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result CRISES
- Crucial moments as cold gets stronger
- Disasters when cakes without filling rise internally
- Emergencies? Charlie does his best!
- Conservative rebels in times of intense difficulty
- Panic ultimately increases in desperate situations
- Emergencies mount in the Civil Service
- Desperate situations increase in Civil Service
- Conservative rebels in periods of political instability?
- Emergencies arising from constant responses to provocation
- Emergency situations created by increase in vacant chalets
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The straight part
We know that "Emergency situations" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case emergency situations = crises.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CRISES mean?
CRISES noun- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
- A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
- A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.