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Person
in
legal
affair
getting
tense,
in
a
stew
(9)
Person in legal affair getting tense, in a stew (9)
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The definition is at the end of the clue.
How the clue works
The definition is in a stew — specifically that hearty French bean affair, cassoulet. You take "legal affair" as CASE and drop SOUL ("person") inside it to get CAS-SOUL-E, then tack on T (the abbreviation for "tense," as in "getting tense") at the end.