Minor celebrity coterie popping ecstasy, becoming very hot (10)

I believe the answer is:

blistering

'very hot' is the definition.

'minor celebrity coterie popping' is the wordplay.
'minor celebrity' becomes 'blister' (B lister).
'coterie popping' becomes 'ing' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'blister'+'ing'='BLISTERING'

'ecstasy becoming' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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