Urgent (8)
'urgent' is the definition.
(I know that urgent can be written as pressing)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for pressing that I've seen before include "Urgent or crowding" , "Task for record company" , "Urgent - ironing" , "Important" , "in need of immediate attention" .)
'urgent' is the definition.
(I've seen this in other clues)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for dire that I've seen before include "Fearful" , "Frightful" , "Appalling or extreme" , "Terrible display" , "Ride in dreadful state" .)