Tricks son holding iron having no trouble? (8)
I believe the answer is:
wifeless
'having no trouble?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'tricks son holding iron' is the wordplay.
'tricks' becomes 'wiles' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'son' becomes 's'.
'holding' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'iron' becomes 'fe' (Fe is the chemical symbol for iron).
'wiles'+'s'='wiless'
'wiless' going around 'fe' is 'WIFELESS'.
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