Possible Clues:

• Controversial issue
• Troublesome situation of sultry spud
• Touchy topic, so to speak
• Nobody wants to hold it
• Something dropped
• Stolen drugs from a fair amount of the town leads to a locally controversial issue
• Top hat too fancy? It's a controversial issue
• A cooking problem?
• Game with an object you shouldn't hold (2 words)
• Lancashire dish, one to produce a tricky problem