Related Clues:

• Simmering, say
• Not turned up
• Really, really in
• ___ spot
• Like jalapeno peppers
• Turned down, in a way
• Wrathful
• Right off the stove
• Key to the puzzle's theme
• Bring to ---
• Super-popular
• Highly spiced
• Controversial
• On the black market, most likely
• At a minimum setting