Doctor with a graduate in 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 certain of the 'exciting' bit.
'doctor with a graduate' is the wordplay.
'doctor' becomes 'dr' (abbreviation).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'graduate' becomes 'ma' (abbreviation for Master of Arts).
'dr'+'a'+'ma'='DRAMA'
'in' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drama that I've seen before include "Highly emotional episode" , "Exciting series of events" , "Literary genre for the stage" , "theatre performance" , "Work to be performed by actors" .)