The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word JALAPENO
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result JALAPENO
- Hot stuff in the style of writer in love
- Judge changing a plea’s not a hot thing
- German approval on the rise of united China is hot stuff
- Journalist’s leader’s in the style of writer on love — hot stuff!
- Short bird with single mate knocked back some hot stuff
- Jana pole dancing is something really hot
- Dutchman’s definitely going to old country, up for something hot
- Hot stuff in the style of writer Nesbo circling
- Jamaican friend returns with number from the east for American pepper
- Jan, a pole dancing little hottie?
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What does JALAPENO mean?
JALAPENO noun- A cultivar of hot chili pepper, Capsicum annuum.