### Clue: Novelist tackles gripping stuff in Dangerous Junction (5,8)
### Answer: LEVEL CROSSING 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Dangerous Junction
 LESSING(Doris, English author) **containing**(tackles) VELCRO(the material that grips on to itself, used as a substitute for zippers, say).
Defn: Dangerous because that's where rail and road traffic cross each other.