Outcry about affair involving Liberal leader (7)
I believe the answer is:
clamour
'outcry' is the definition.
(I know that clamour is a type of outcry)
'about affair involving liberal leader' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'about' could be 'c' (circa) and 'c' is located in the answer.
'affair' could be 'amour' (amour can mean a love affair) and 'amour' is located in the answer.
'liberal' could be 'l' (abbreviation) and 'l' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clamour that I've seen before include "Hue and cry" , "racket" , "Noisy disturbance" , "Complaints" , "row" .)