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Wild capers produce a tricky situation (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrape

'a tricky situation' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wild capers' is the wordplay.
'wild' is an anagram indicator.
'capers' with letters rearranged gives 'SCRAPE'.

'produce' is the link.

(Other definitions for scrape that I've seen before include "hole" , "play the fiddle" , "jar" , "Slight skin abrasion" , "Difficult predicament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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