Temperate miner wanting clothing for his daughter? (10)
I believe the answer is:
clementine
'his daughter?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.
'temperate miner wanting clothing' is the wordplay.
'temperate' becomes 'clement' (similar in meaning).
'wanting clothing' says to take the centre (the word lacks or wants its outer letters).
The centre of 'miner' is 'ine'.
'clement'+'ine'='CLEMENTINE'
'for' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for clementine that I've seen before include "juicy type" , "Citrus fruit" , "my darling girl?" , "suits citrus production" , "Unwell" .)