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Lads in trouble in isolated spot (6)

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I believe the answer is:

island

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'isolated spot' is the definition.
'island' can be an answer for 'isolated' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'spot' bit.

'lads in trouble' is the wordplay.
'trouble' indicates an anagram.
'lads'+'in'='ladsin'
'ladsin' is an anagram of 'ISLAND'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for island that I've seen before include "See 13" , "Barbados, say" , "eg Rhode, Rhodes" , "See 7" , "Man, maybe" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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