Equipment around female in this room? (7)
I believe the answer is:
kitchen
'this room?' is the definition.
(kitchen is a kind of room)
'equipment around female' is the wordplay.
'equipment' becomes 'kit' (kit is a kind of equipment**).
'around' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'female' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of female).
'kit'+'c'+'hen'='KITCHEN'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for kitchen that I've seen before include "Room for preparing meals" , "Room for food" , "Galley" , "Where heat's to be stood" , "Proverbial place of uncomfortable heat" .)