Series of links (5)
I believe the answer is:
chain
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">series of links</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 chain that I've seen before include "Wickets so far apart in cricket" , "British biochemist identified?" , "distance for a run?" , "Series of things linked together" , "series of hotels" .)