Guardian 26836

[clanargyll]

Prepare miners for war in horrid place (6) a?m?i? Armpit?? Arm prepare but pit for miners doesn't scan and I don't really see an armpit as being a horrid place! Maybe unpleasant but with deodrant no more unpleasant than the back of a knee say.

[bibblebub]

an extremely unpleasant place http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/armpit

[scorpiojo]

Arm - prepare for war
Pit - miners

armpit
ˈɑːmpɪt/
noun
a hollow under the arm at the shoulder.
NORTH AMERICANinformal
a place regarded as extremely unpleasant.
"they call the region the armpit of America"