Stupidly tried to gulp hot stew (6)
I believe the answer is:
dither
'stew' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'stupidly tried to gulp hot' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'hot' could be 'h' (abbreviation eg on taps) and 'h' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'tried' is 'diter' which is located in the left over letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for dither that I've seen before include "State of high agitation" , "Stew" , "Tremble - be undecided" , "Hum and haw" , "Hesitates, be indecisive" .)