Process a large amount in a crisis (6)
I believe the answer is:
crunch
'a crisis' is the definition.
(eg credit crunch)
'process a large amount' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'process' could be 'run' (running is a kind of processing) and 'run' is found in the answer.
'amount' could be 'h' (H is an example) and 'h' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crunch that I've seen before include "Informally, a decisive event or showdown" , "Bite noisily - moment of decision" , "moment of difficulty" , "Crush noisily" , "Process (lots of data)" .)