Log from tree chopped up around noon (5)
I believe the answer is:
enter
'log' is the definition.
(as in logging or entering information to a record)
'tree chopped up around noon' is the wordplay.
'chopped up' is an anagram indicator.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'noon' becomes 'n' (abbreviation).
'tree' is an anagram of 'eter'.
'eter' enclosing 'n' is 'ENTER'.
'from' is the link.
(Other definitions for enter that I've seen before include "Enroll, sign up" , "Move into" , "Fruit drink" , "Come/go in" , "Set foot in" .)