Hot season (6)
I believe the answer is:
summer
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">hot season</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this before)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for summer that I've seen before include "Hot season" , "Beam" , "peak period?" , "Warm season, allegedly" , "'. . . . . . time an' the livin' is easy' (song)" .)