Hot drink for example accepted by rising star (5)
I believe the answer is:
negus
'hot drink' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'example accepted by rising star' is the wordplay.
'example' becomes 'eg' (short for 'exempli gratia', 'for example' in Latin).
'accepted by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are accepted).
'rising' says the letters should be written in reverse (letters written upwards in a down clue).
'star' becomes 'sun' (the Sun is a star).
'sun' written backwards gives 'nus'.
'eg' inserted into 'nus' is 'NEGUS'.
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for negus that I've seen before include "Hot spiced port with lemon" , "Abyssinian king - hot, spicy drink" , "Hot wine" , "Abyssinian king - spiced drink" , "Drink that's heated" .)