Emergency (6)

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crisis

'emergency' is the definition.
(a crisis is an emergency)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for crisis that I've seen before include "Time of intense difficulty or danger" , "Calamity" , "Desperate situation" , "Emergency - decision time" , "Crucial and dangerous moment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror, The Telegraph, the Penny Press, The Washington Post, the Evening Standard and The Guardian.

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