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Hat the wrong way around, Miss Woodhouse's predicament? (7)

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dilemma

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'predicament?' is the definition.
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'hat the wrong way around miss woodhouse's' is the wordplay.
'hat' becomes 'lid' (lid can informally mean a hat).
'the wrong way' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'around miss woodhouse' becomes 'emma' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'lid' back-to-front is 'dil'.
'dil'+'emma'='DILEMMA'

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(Other definitions for dilemma that I've seen before include "Difficult problem" , "Awkward situation" , "Difficulty (with two choices?)" , "Situation requiring a choice between (equally unpleasant) options" , "The choice between courses of action, all equally undesirable" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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