The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 plus 5 letter word SOLAR PANEL
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More clues leading to the result SOLAR PANEL
- Waste all on spare power source
- Green energy source that could get a person all agitated
- All a person needs to change energy supplier
- Personal letters redistributed about US city making power generator
- Pal learns to get excited about round environmentalist’s device?
- Ecofriendly power source gets a person all excited
- A loser plans different devices to produce energy
- New Orleans? Pal, it can get pretty hot!
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "it can get pretty hot" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case it can get pretty hot = solar panel.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.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.