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The last word in forecasts in difficult situations (12)

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I believe the answer is:

predicaments

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'difficult situations' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both states of affairs as well as being plural nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'the last word in forecasts' is the wordplay.
'the last word' becomes 'amen' (last word in a prayer).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'forecasts' becomes 'predicts' ('predict' can be a synonym of 'forecast').
'amen' placed inside 'predicts' is 'PREDICAMENTS'.

'in' is the link.

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(Another definition for predicaments that I've seen is " Difficulties".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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