The last word in forecasts in difficult situations (12)
I believe the answer is:
predicaments
'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.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for predicaments that I've seen is " Difficulties".)