Top hot potato? (7,6)
I believe the answer is:
smoking jacket
'top hot potato?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'top hot' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'top' could be 'jacket' (jacket is a kind of top) and 'jacket' is located in the answer.
'hot' could be 'in' (both can mean fashionable) and 'in' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for smoking jacket that I've seen before include "piece of attire" , "Soft short coat for a man - Jack's gnome kit (anag)" , "Garment for puffers" .)