Difficult situation spinners turned around (4)
I believe the answer is:
spot
'difficult situation' is the definition.
(as in a spot of bother)
'spinners turned around' is the wordplay.
'spinners' becomes 'tops' (things that spin).
'turned around' says the letters should be written backwards.
'tops' backwards is 'SPOT'.
(Other definitions for spot that I've seen before include "See 5" , "Sight - site" , "See; place" , "Notice - place" , "20 [MARK]" .)