| balk(verb, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) |
| boulevard(noun, place, way, track, court) |
| byway(noun, place, way, track, court) |
| castle in the air |
| cessation(stop, halt, stoppage, deadlock, stalemate) |
| checkmate(stop, halt, stoppage, stalemate, standstill) |
| choke off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hinder, obstruct) |
| closed at one end(expression, adjective, idiom, dark, impassable) |
| complexity(noun, adversity, complication, intricacy, complicatedness) |
| complicatedness(noun, adversity, complication, complexity, intricacy) |
| concealed(adjective, dark, impassable) |
| confound(verb, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) |
| court(noun, place, way, track, road) |
| crab(verb, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) |
| cramp(verb, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) |
| crimp(verb, hinder, obstruct, frustrate) |
| cul-de-sac deadlock(noun, expression, draw, stalemate, impasse) |
| cut off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, hinder, obstruct) |
| dead-end |
| dead heat(expression, tie, stalemate, standstill, impasse) |