Ginger beer right for crisis situation (3,5)
I believe the answer is:
red alert
'crisis situation' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'ginger beer right' is the wordplay.
'ginger' becomes 'red ginger' (red hair).
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'right' becomes 'rt' (abbreviation as in Rt Hon- the Right Honourable).
'red'+'ale'+'rt'='RED ALERT'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for red alert that I've seen before include "Danger signal" , "Urgent warning" , "State of high readiness" , "State of readiness for imminent crisis" , "State of readiness for imminent threat" .)