Do well with a broken rivet that's just about hot (6)
I believe the answer is:
thrive
'do well' is the definition.
(to thrive is to succeed or develop well)
'broken rivet that's just about hot' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hot' could be 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps) and 'h' is found in the answer.
an anagram of 'rivet' is 'trive' which is located in the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'with a' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for thrive that I've seen before include "Develop well" , "Do well, flourish" , "Boom" , "Prosper, flourish" , "Grow vigorously, flourish" .)