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Parking by worthless hole (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plight

'hole' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'parking by worthless' is the wordplay.
'parking' becomes 'p'.
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'worthless' becomes 'light' ('light' can be similar in meaning to 'worthless').
'p'+'light'='PLIGHT'

(Other definitions for plight that I've seen before include "Dangerous or difficult situation" , "Predicament, difficulty" , "Promise - trouble" , "Jam" , "Quandary, predicament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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