Give a wide berth to hothead in paper (4)
I believe the answer is:
shun
'give a wide berth to' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'hothead in paper' is the wordplay.
'hothead' becomes 'h' (head letter of 'hot').
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'paper' becomes 'sun' (The Sun, UK newspaper).
'h' inserted inside 'sun' is 'SHUN'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for shun that I've seen before include "Spurn; avoid" , "Persistently reject" , "military command" , "Deliberately avoid" , "Avoid, ignore" .)