### Clue: Spread untidily by Poles in short trousers – just the opposite (6)
### Answer: STREWN 
 ### Explanation: Definition: Spread untidily
 S,N(abbrevs. for the 2 geographic poles respectively) **containing**(in … – just the opposite; outside of) Edit.note:  "trews"(tight-fitting trousers, usually of Tartan worn by certain Scottish regiments) ***minus its last letter***(short).