In a difficult situation, it's lovely to hand over (6,4)

I believe the answer is:

pretty pass

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'in a difficult situation' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.

'lovely to hand over' is the wordplay.
'lovely' becomes 'pretty' (I've seen this before).
'to hand over' becomes 'pass'.
'pretty'+'pass'='PRETTY PASS'

'it's' is the link.

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