Crisis where District Attorney takes stuff in ... (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'crisis' is the definition.
(drama can mean a dramatic situation)
'district attorney takes stuff in' is the wordplay.
'district attorney' becomes 'DA' (abbreviation).
'takes' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'stuff in' becomes 'ram' (ram can mean to stuff or push. I am not sure about the 'in' bit.).
'da' placed around 'ram' is 'DRAMA'.
'where' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Theatrical piece" , "Highly emotional episode" , "Work to be performed by actors" , "Serious play" , "theatre show" .)