Artist Dali craved onion rolls (8,2,5)
I believe the answer is:
leonardo da vinci
'artist' is the definition.
(Leonardo da Vinci is an example)
'dali craved onion rolls' is the wordplay.
'rolls' indicates an anagram.
'dali'+'craved'+'onion'='dalicravedonion'
'dalicravedonion' with letters rearranged gives 'LEONARDO DA VINCI'.
(Other definitions for leonardo da vinci that I've seen before include "famous Italian" , "He painted" , "Renowned painter" , "Mona Lisa painter" , "artist ..." .)