Conventional alternative to hot, wild party for mystery man (8)
I believe the answer is:
orthodox
'conventional' is the definition.
('orthodox' can be similar in meaning to 'conventional')
'alternative to hot wild party for mystery man' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'alternative' could be 'or' and 'or' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'hot' is 'tho' which is present in the answer.
'party' could be 'do' (do is a kind of party) and 'do' is found in the answer.
A single letter 'x' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for orthodox that I've seen before include "Traditional" , "Conforming with tradition" , "belonging to the Eastern Church" , "Adhering to doctrine" , "Holding conventional beliefs as in religion" .)