Components of Times cryptic (5)
I believe the answer is:
items
'components' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'times cryptic' is the wordplay.
'cryptic' is an anagram indicator (a cryptic or obscure order of the letters).
'times' is an anagram of 'ITEMS'.
'of' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for items that I've seen before include "Individual articles" , "Things on a list" , "Things listed" , "Separate objects or units" , "Entries made by accountant" .)