Physician with a degree in thespian art (5)
I believe the answer is:
drama
'thespian art' is the definition.
'drama' can be an answer for 'art' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'thespian' bit.
'physician with a degree' is the wordplay.
'physician' becomes 'Dr' (synonyms).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'degree' becomes 'ma' (Master of Arts is a type of degree).
'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 "Exciting play or event" , "Emotional situation" , "theatre studies" , "Literary genre for the theatre" , "Stage play, may be exciting" .)