War zone landing leader of sorts in a stew (7)
I believe the answer is:
hotspot
'war zone' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'leader of sorts in a stew' is the wordplay.
'leader of sorts' becomes 's' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'a stew' becomes 'hotpot' (I've seen this before).
's' going within 'hotpot' is 'HOTSPOT'.
'landing' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hotspot that I've seen before include "busy area" , "Nightclub" .)