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Tricky position, lying on front between two women (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dilemma

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

'lying on front between two women' is the wordplay.
'two women' can mean two substitutions for 'woman'.
'on front' indicates taking the first letters.
'between' indicates putting letters inside.
'woman' becomes 'di' (short for Diana).
'woman' becomes 'emma' ().
The initial letter of 'lying' is 'l'.
'di'+'emma'='diemma'
'l' inserted within 'diemma' is 'DILEMMA'.

(Other definitions for dilemma that I've seen before include "Difficult choice; quandary" , "embarrassment" , "Difficult problem" , "I lammed away to find perplexing situation" , "Predicament" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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