The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word SITUATION
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result SITUATION
- Office suit annoyed by legal proceedings about to be dismissed
- No one is controlling tense revolutionary state
- Spot affairs in job
- Thrown into a suit case
- Job in which no one tense is given a rise
- Relocate to Tunisia for employment
- Job involves travelling to Tunisia
- It’s out in a tricky spot
- It’s out in a strange place
- Job‘s place
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The straight part
We know that "Spot/affairs/job" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case spot/affairs/job = situation.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SITUATION mean?
SITUATION noun- The combination of circumstances at a given moment; a state of affairs.
- The way in which something is positioned vis-à-vis its surroundings.
- The place in which something is situated; a location.
- Position or status with regard to conditions and circumstances.
- A position of employment; a post.
- A difficult or unpleasant set of circumstances; a problem.