Temperature in a container leads to malfunction
I believe the answer is:
actup
'malfunction' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'temperature in a container' is the wordplay.
'temperature' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'container' becomes 'cup' (cup is a kind of container).
'a'+'cup'='acup'
't' placed into 'acup' is 'ACTUP'.
'leads to' acts as a link.
(Another definition for actup that I've seen is " Behave in a troublesome way".)
I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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