Band of warriors blowing hot or cold at the front (6)
I believe the answer is:
cohort
'band of warriors' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'blowing hot or cold at the front' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'hot' could be 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps) and 'h' is present in the answer.
'or' is within the answer.
'cold' could be 'c' (eg on taps) and 'c' is present in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'o' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cohort that I've seen before include "Group of those of approximately the same age -- Roman military unit" , "Ancient Roman military unit" , "Sidekick" , "Companion or follower" , "Band of fighters" .)