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Temperature given approximately in chest area (5)

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I believe the answer is:

torso

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'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.

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(Other definitions for torso that I've seen before include "Piece of bronze" , "upper body" , "Chest" , "Roots (anag)" , "Body's core" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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