Difficult position (4)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">difficult position</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(a spot is a difficult or problematic situation)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for spot that I've seen before include "Small mark or stain" , "20 [MARK]" , "small amount" , "Drop of rain" , "Notice - fictional puppy" .)
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">difficult position</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for strait that I've seen before include "watery scene?" , "Narrow waterway" , "Narrow sorts of traits" , "Narrow strip of water between two larger ones" , "Narrow - artist (anag)" .)