Editor, following troublesome situation, gets drunk (6)
I believe the answer is:
stewed
'drunk' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'editor following troublesome situation' is the wordplay.
'editor' becomes 'ed' (abbreviation).
'following' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'troublesome situation' becomes 'stew'.
'ed' put after 'stew' is 'STEWED'.
'gets' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for stewed that I've seen before include "Cooked (prunes?)" , "mortal" , "Slowly boiled" , "canned" , "Drunk; cooked in pot" .)