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Spots of trouble? (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

sore points

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'trouble?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether this works.

'spots' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'spots' could be 'points' ('point' can be a synonym of 'spot') and 'points' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'sore' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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