Spot and take one's seat in automobile (9)
I believe the answer is:
situation
'spot' is the definition.
(I know that spot can be written as situation)
'and take one's seat in automobile' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'and' could be 'n' (common abbreviation for 'and') and 'n' is found in the answer.
'seat' could be 'sit' (synonyms) and 'sit' is found in the answer.
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for situation that I've seen before include "Job; set of circumstances" , "Location; job" , "spot" , "hole" , "Position" .)