Weekend warriors in a stew over controversial issue (3,6)
I believe the answer is:
hot potato
'controversial issue' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'weekend warriors in a stew over' is the wordplay.
'weekend warriors' becomes 'ta' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'a stew' becomes 'hotpot' (I've seen this before).
'over' becomes 'o' (cricket abbreviation).
'ta' put within 'hotpot' is 'hotpotat'.
'hotpotat'+'o'='HOT POTATO'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hot potato that I've seen before include "Situation likely to cause trouble, like thermal spud" , "Troublesome thing (in a jacket?)" , "Difficult matter" , "taken with pinch of salt?" , "Awkward thing" .)