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Anticipates swallowing the last word in pickles (12)

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I believe the answer is:

predicaments

'pickles' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'anticipates swallowing the last word' is the wordplay.
'anticipates' becomes 'predicts' ('predict' can be a synonym of 'anticipate').
'swallowing' is an insertion indicator.
'the last word' becomes 'amen' (last word in a prayer).
'predicts' going around 'amen' is 'PREDICAMENTS'.

'in' acts as a link.

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

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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