Friend cradling decapitated Trojan close to chest (8)
I believe the answer is:
pectoral
'chest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'friend cradling decapitated trojan close to' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'to' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for pectoral that I've seen before include "(Large muscle) of the chest" , "sort of cross" , "Relating to the breast or chest" , "Of the chest, say muscles" , "Alert cop about chest" .)