Having lost both axes, extremely tricky to get wood (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
elm tree
'wood' is the definition.
(type of tree)
'having lost both axes extremely tricky to get' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'lost' could be 'l' (abbreviation in sporting league tables) and 'l' is present in the answer.
'to get' could be 're' (I've seen this in other clues) and 're' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for elm tree that I've seen before include "Victim of a "Dutch" disease" , "plant" .)