Suffer in difficult situation and feel the squeeze? (2,4-7)

'suffer in difficult situation' is the definition.
(as in be hard pressed to do something)

'feel the squeeze?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'feel' could be 'be' and 'be' is found in the answer.
'squeeze?' could be 'press' (squeezing is a kind of pressing) and 'press' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'and' is the link.