Poor place for a hothead to make love (5)
I believe the answer is:
hovel
'poor place' is the definition.
'hovel' can be an answer for 'place' (I have seen 'wretched place' mean 'hovel' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'hovel'). I'm not certain of the 'poor' bit.
'hothead to make love' is the wordplay.
'hothead' becomes 'h' (head letter of 'hot').
'to make' is an anagram indicator.
'love' with letters rearranged gives 'ovel'.
'h'+'ovel'='HOVEL'
'for a' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hovel that I've seen before include "Crude dwelling" , "shed" , "Dirty, neglected dwelling" , "Degraded house" , "A wretched little dwelling" .)