Ricks (9)
I believe the answer is:
haystacks
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">ricks</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">('haystack' can be a synonym of 'rick')</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for haystacks that I've seen before include "It's hard to find needles in these" , "Giant wrestler" , "country piles" .)