Very hot and dry (6)
I believe the answer is:
torrid
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">very hot and dry</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for torrid that I've seen before include "Highly emotional" , "sultry atmosphere" , "Dried with heat or intensely passionate" , "Extremely hot" , "Hot and emotional" .)