Strange sort of force leaving dismembered body (5)
I believe the answer is:
torso
'dismembered body' is the definition.
(central part of body excluding limbs and head)
'strange sort of' is the wordplay.
'strange' is an anagram indicator.
'of' becomes 'o''.
'sort' is an anagram of 'tors'.
'tors'+'o'='TORSO'
'force leaving' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for torso that I've seen before include "Roots (anag)" , "Body without head, neck and limbs" , "Roost on trunk?" , "Roost (anag)" , "Main part of human body" .)