Cheese and pears man chewed (8)
I believe the answer is:
parmesan
'cheese' is the definition.
(Parmesan is an example)
'pears man chewed' is the wordplay.
'chewed' indicates an anagram.
'pears'+'man'='pearsman'
'pearsman' is an anagram of 'PARMESAN'.
'and' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for parmesan that I've seen before include "Italian cheese for spearman" , "Italian cheese, often grated" , "Pam earns this cheese" , "that's grated" , "Hard dry Italian cheese" .)