Staggered temperature, while peculiar, showed the way (7)
I believe the answer is:
toddled
'staggered temperature' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?
'while peculiar showed the way' is the wordplay.
'while' becomes 't' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'peculiar' becomes 'odd' (I've seen this before).
'showed the way' becomes 'led' (lead can mean to show someone the way).
't'+'odd'+'led'='TODDLED'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for toddled that I've seen before include "Walked unsteadily" , "Went uncertainly" , "As a child went" .)