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Rap a poor repair and have difficulties (6,1,3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

strike a bad patch

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'have difficulties' is the definition.
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'rap a poor repair' is the wordplay.
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'rap' could be 'strike' (synonyms) and 'strike' is located in the answer.
'a' is found in the answer.
'poor' could be 'bad' (similar in meaning) and 'bad' is located in the answer.
'repair' could be 'patch' (patching is a kind of repairing) and 'patch' is found within the answer.
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