Doctor meets a graduate: exciting situation (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'exciting situation' is the definition.
'drama' can be an answer for 'situation' (I have seen 'Emotional situation' mean 'drama' so perhaps 'situation' could also mean 'drama'). I'm not sure about the 'exciting' bit.
'doctor meets a graduate' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'Dr' (abbreviation).
'meets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'graduate' becomes 'ma' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'dr'+'a'+'ma'='DRAMA'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Tragic situation" , "Literary play" , "Exciting event sequence" , "Play (as a genre)" , "Play - excitement" .)