Crossword puzzle clue "position where you're trying to solve an impossible maze"

Position where you're trying to solve an impossible maze?

Solve a lab maze almost inaudibly?

Solve an apparently impossible problem, as it were

Hint for someone trying to solve a mystery

Taylor Swift song that contains the line, "Fighting with him was like trying to solve a crossword and realizing there's no right answer"

"If you are always trying to be ___, you will never know how amazing you can be": Maya Angelou

"___ Smart" (like you, if you solve this puzzle?)

What you'll do as you solve this puzzle