Deplorable transfer creates difficult situation (5,4)

I believe the answer is:

sorry pass

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'difficult situation' is the definition.
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'deplorable transfer' is the wordplay.
'deplorable' becomes 'sorry' (synonyms).
'transfer' becomes 'pass' (passing is a kind of transfering).
'sorry'+'pass'='SORRY PASS'

'creates' acts as a link.

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