Scene involving figures primarily in office during crisis (7)
I believe the answer is:
diorama
'scene' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'primarily in office during crisis' is the wordplay.
'primarily' suggests taking the first letters.
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'crisis' becomes 'drama' (drama can mean a dramatic situation).
The initial letters of 'in office' is 'io'.
'io' going into 'drama' is 'DIORAMA'.
'involving figures' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for diorama that I've seen before include "display" , "museum feature" , "Model showing a scene" , "Miniature three-dimensional scene" , "Model representing a scene with three-dimensional figures" .)