A variety of nuts roasted with a pinch of salt (8)
I believe the answer is:
assorted
'a variety of nuts roasted with a pinch of salt' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'nuts roasted with a pinch of salt' is the wordplay.
'nuts' is an anagram indicator (nuts can mean crazy).
'with' is an insertion indicator.
'a pinch of' suggests taking the first letters (just a pinch of the letter).
The initial letter of 'salt' is 's'.
'roasted' anagrammed gives 'asorted'.
'asorted' placed around 's' is 'ASSORTED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for assorted that I've seen before include "like some chocolates" , "Motley" , "Of various types put together" , "Of different kinds put together, say sweets" , "Mixed" .)