Item made by man at cafe traveller partly recalled (8)
I believe the answer is:
artefact
'item' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both man-made objects as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?
'man at cafe traveller partly recalled' is the wordplay.
'partly' says the answer is hidden in the clue (part of the clue is used).
'recalled' says the letters should be written backwards (to recall can mean to bring something back).
'tcafetra' is hidden within 'man at cafe traveller'.
'tcafetra' back-to-front is 'ARTEFACT'.
'made by' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for artefact that I've seen before include "Made object" , "Man-made object, of archaeological interest, perhaps" , "Human-made object" , "Something man made" , "not natural" .)