Intensely emotional snooker player who misses first time (5-3)
I believe the answer is:
white-hot
'intensely emotional' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'snooker player who misses first time' is the wordplay.
'snooker player' becomes 'white' (snooker player Jimmy White).
'who misses' becomes 'ho' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'first time' becomes 't' (hst letter of 'time').
'white'+'ho'+'t'='WHITE-HOT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for white-hot that I've seen is " Glowing fiercely with heat".)