Temperature given approximately in chest area (5)
I believe the answer is:
torso
'chest area' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both body parts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'temperature given approximately' is the wordplay.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'given' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'approximately' becomes 'or so' (synonyms).
't'+'orso'='TORSO'
'in' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for torso that I've seen before include "Piece of bronze" , "upper body" , "Chest" , "Roots (anag)" , "Body's core" .)