| Answer | Crossword Clue |
|---|---|
| AFRICA | The hottest continent |
| ALIST | The hottest celebrities, collectively |
| LATEST | Hottest news, with "the" |
| MIDSUMMER | Hottest time of the year |
| ELAZIZIA | The hottest place on earth |
| ETHANHAWKE | "Ash Wednesday" and "The Hottest State" novelist |
| ETNA | Highest and hottest mountain in Italy south of the Alps |
| COPA | "The hottest spot north of Havana," in a Manilow song |
| NAGAJOLOKIA | One of the world's hottest chili peppers (over 900 times hotter than Tabasco sauce), aka "ghost pepper" |
