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Awful deeds and situations offering no way out (4,4)

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I believe the answer is:

dead ends

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'situations offering no way out' is the definition.
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'awful deeds and' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'deeds'+'and'='deedsand'
'deedsand' with letters rearranged gives 'DEAD-ENDS'.

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(Other definitions for dead ends that I've seen before include "Blind alleys and closed roads" , "they go nowhere" , "Blind alleys or jobs with no prospects" , "they make further progress impossible" , "Places or situations where further progress is impossible" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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