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Marijuana found on leggings, creating difficult situation (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tight spot

'difficult situation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'marijuana found on leggings' is the wordplay.
'marijuana' becomes 'pot' (slang term for marijuana).
'found on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'leggings' becomes 'tights' (I have seen 'Female leggings' mean 'tights' so perhaps 'leggings' could also mean 'tights').
'pot' after 'tights' is 'TIGHT SPOT'.

'creating' is the link.

(Other definitions for tight spot that I've seen before include "Fix" , "hole" , "predicament" , "Difficult situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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