Paul's in trouble, getting directions to promontory (9)
I believe the answer is:
peninsula
'to promontory' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'paul's in trouble getting directions' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'in' is present in the answer.
'directions' could be 'ns' (N is an example) and 'ns' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for peninsula that I've seen before include "Near-island" , "Strip of land jutting into water" , "cape" , "Piece of land projecting into water" , "coastal feature" .)