Where one may find a koala in difficulties? (2,1,3,4)
I believe the answer is:
up a gum tree
'a koala in difficulties?' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.
'where one may' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'a' (a thing is one thing) and 'a' is found within the answer.
'may' could be 'tree' (I've seen this before) and 'tree' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'find' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for up a gum tree that I've seen before include "In a sticky situation" , "Where koala may be" , "In a difficult situation" , "In a sticky position" , "in trouble" .)