Hot and confused situation with no money for conference (6)
I believe the answer is:
huddle
'conference' is the definition.
(huddle is a kind of conference)
I can't explain the rest of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for huddle that I've seen before include "Crowd closely together" , "Nestle or crowd together" , "Get close together" , "Gather together" , "Draw together" .)