Crisis involving attorney outside music academy (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'crisis' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'attorney outside music academy' is the wordplay.
'attorney' becomes 'da' (District Attorney).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'music academy' becomes 'ram' (Royal Academy of Music).
'da' enclosing 'ram' is 'DRAMA'.
'involving' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Theatrical performance" , "Serious play" , "Theatrical entertainment" , "Emotional situation" , "Tragic situation" .)