Hello people,

This might be a question impossible to answer but please let me hear your thoughts.

I was listening to an economic debate on ABC News, and there were 2 spots where I had difficulties with their pronunciation.
They appear somewhere between 1:45 and 2:00 in the YouTube clip. Please check the link if you have the time.
Shelby on ABC's 'This Week': 'We Grew Government, But Did Not Grow Economy' - YouTube

1. The emcee says "You've dealt with lobour and the job market. Is this cyclical? Or Is this a real structural hole?"
2. The American guy replies "The central problem is on the demand side."

According the script of this, these words marked in red are used, and they actually make sense. But I can't really catch them even though I've read the script - to me "cyclical" sounds something like "citical" and "central" like "sinful". I don't see anything to form a T consonant in cyclical or F consonant in central.

My question:
1. Are the respective words commonly pronounced as in the clip?
2. Can you please name any other words that similar phenomenons happen to?
3. If it's easy for you, can you please describe how you relate the pronunciations with the words? (If possible to put it in words)

The speakers are 2 different people with different backgrounds so maybe it's not one single problem in my listening, but I would like to get this over anyway because I'm sure I won't be able to latch on them if I encounter the same or similar things again.

Any advice would be much appreciated.