Abrasion – predicament (6)
I believe the answer is:
scrape
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">I believe this is a double definition.<br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">abrasion</span>' is the first definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I know that abrasion can be written as scrape)</span><br/ ><br/ >'<span class="explanation-format__original">predicament</span>' is the second definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for scrape that I've seen before include "Recaps about predicament" , "Abrade - economise" , "Thinly-spread butter" , "Awkward situation - be very economical" , "Difficult situation; graze" .)