The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word TORSO
I've seen this crossword clue in The Times
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More clues leading to the result TORSO
- Approximately finishing what's said to be tea chest
- Trunk and tangled roots
- Body temperature, approximately
- Initially ten, approximately, in trunk
- Time, approximately, for delivery of trunk
- Body temperature, roughly
- Elephant's tail, something like trunk
- Body like that shouldering rock
- Trunk's sort of square, give or take
- Trunk with entangled roots
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The straight part
We know that "Trunk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case trunk = torso.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does TORSO mean?
TORSO noun- The main part of the (human) body that extends from the neck to the groin, excluding the head and limbs.