Difficult or dangerous situation (6)
I believe the answer is:
plight
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">difficult or dangerous situation</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for plight that I've seen before include "Alarming predicament" , "Unlucky situation; promise" , "Jam" , "Pledge; predicament" , "Unfortunate position" .)