Manage to catch son in wood (5)
I believe the answer is:
copse
'wood' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'manage to catch son' is the wordplay.
'manage' becomes 'cope' ('cope' can be a synonym of 'manage'**).
'to catch' indicates putting letters inside.
'son' becomes 's'.
'cope' going around 's' is 'COPSE'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for copse that I've seen before include "Dense thicket of trees" , "Small group of trees" , "Wood - thicket" , "Cluster of trees" , "Harvested woodland" .)