They contain drug conflict dividing the outskirts (10)
I believe the answer is:
tupperware
'they contain' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't judge whether it can be defined by this definition.
'drug conflict dividing the outskirts' is the wordplay.
'drug' becomes 'upper' (a type of stimulating drug).
'conflict' becomes 'war' (war is a kind of conflict).
'dividing' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters divide the word).
'outskirts' suggests removing the centre (I've seen 'outskirts of' mean this).
'the' with its middle removed is 'te'.
'upper'+'war'='upperwar'
'upperwar' put into 'te' is 'TUPPERWARE'.
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