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Fix two garments, the second the wrong way (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tight spot

'fix' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'two garments the second the wrong way' is the wordplay.
'two' becomes 'tig' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'garments' becomes 'tops' (top is a kind of garment).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'second the' becomes 'h' (ind letter of 'the').
'wrong way' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'tops'+'t'+'h'='topsth'
'topsth' back-to-front is 'htspot'.
'tig'+'htspot'='TIGHT SPOT'

(Other definitions for tight spot that I've seen before include "Fix" , "predicament" , "hole" , "Difficult situation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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