Very quietly look around for something hot (6)
I believe the answer is:
pepper
'something hot' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'very quietly look around' is the wordplay.
'very quietly' becomes 'pp' (musical abbreviation for pianissimo).
'look' becomes 'peer' (to peer at something is to look at it).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pp' going inside 'peer' is 'PEPPER'.
'for' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pepper that I've seen before include "Pungent spice" , "hit by gunshot" , "Name of Band Sergeant" , "Hot spice" , "Hot-tasting spice" .)