Doctor dares Gay to show measurements (8)

I believe the answer is:

yardages

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'show measurements' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both human attributes as well as being plural nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'doctor dares gay' is the wordplay.
'doctor' indicates anagramming the letters.
'dares'+'gay'='daresgay'
'daresgay' with letters rearranged gives 'YARDAGES'.

'to' is the link.

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(Another definition for yardages that I've seen is " Charges".)

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

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