Fashionable as chilli? (3-3)
I believe the answer is:
red-hot
'as chilli?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'fashionable' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'fashionable' could be 'hot' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'hot' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'red' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for red-hot that I've seen before include "Very exciting, fresh (news)" , "Very recent - very sexy" , "(Of information) very recently received" , "Extremely heated" , "Glowing warmly" .)