Cryptic crossword clue
Apprehending not cold but hot incubator activity 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word HATCHING

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The straight part
We know that "incubator activity" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case incubator activity = hatching.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does HATCHING mean?

HATCHING verb
  1. To close with a hatch or hatches.
HATCHING verb
  1. (of young animals) To emerge from an egg.
  2. (of eggs) To break open when a young animal emerges from it.
  3. To incubate eggs; to cause to hatch.
  4. To devise.
HATCHING verb
  1. To shade an area of (a drawing, diagram, etc.) with fine parallel lines, or with lines which cross each other (cross-hatch).
  2. To cross; to spot; to stain; to steep.
HATCHING noun
  1. A method of shading areas of a drawing or diagram with fine parallel lines.
  2. A group of birds, reptiles, fish, insects, etc., which emerge from their eggs at the same time.
  3. The act of an egg hatching, eclosion

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