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Detective to cry over extreme temperatures (5)

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I believe the answer is:

bosch

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'detective' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'cry over extreme temperatures' is the wordplay.
'cry' becomes 'sob' (sobbing is a kind of crying).
'over' is a reversal indicator.
'extreme temperatures' becomes 'ch' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sob' reversed gives 'bos'.
'bos'+'ch'='BOSCH'

'to' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bosch that I've seen before include "Hieronymous -----, Dutch painter" , "Hieronymus --, Flemish painter" , "Hieronymus ____, 14th century Dutch painter" , "Dutch painter of The Garden of Earthly Delights, d. 1516" , "Dutch painter, Hieronymus, d. 1516" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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