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Stew at front of office, controversial issue (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hot potato

'controversial issue' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'stew at front of office' is the wordplay.
'stew' becomes 'hotpot' (I've seen this before**).
'front of' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'office' is 'o'.
'hotpot'+'at'+'o'='HOT POTATO'

(Other definitions for hot potato that I've seen before include "controversial question" , "thorny problem" , "Troublesome situation concerning thermal spud" , "Troublesome thing (in a jacket?)" , "Problem that's painful to grasp" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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