Tacks north and south to circumvent trouble (5)

Independent Cryptic #12205 | 26 Across | 2025-11-20
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

AIL (=(to) trouble, bother) in [N (=north) + S (=south)]; tacks are short, sharp nails with broad heads

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