Nick manages to acquire skip... (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
cop shop
'nick' is the definition.
(both are slang for police station)
'manages to acquire skip' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'skip' could be 'hop' (synonyms) and 'hop' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cops' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cop shop that I've seen before include "Nick" , "office investigating crime" , "'Police station (3,4)'" , "Police station (slang)" .)