Crossword Genius

Difficulties with small horses (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

snags

'difficulties' is the definition.
(I know this)

'with small horses' is the wordplay.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'horses' becomes 'nags' (nag is a kind of horse).
's'+'nags' is 'SNAGS'.

(Other definitions for snags that I've seen before include "Unexpected obstacles" , "Unforeseen obstacles" , "Problems" , "Hitches" , "Drawbacks" .)

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