Cherry always cut by me for saviour (8)
I believe the answer is:
redeemer
'saviour' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'cherry always cut by me' is the wordplay.
'cherry' becomes 'red' (synonyms).
'always' becomes 'eer' (poetic way of saying ever).
'cut by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut into others).
'eer' placed around 'me' is 'eemer'.
'red'+'eemer'='REDEEMER'
'for' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for redeemer that I've seen before include "Mere deer for the saviour" , "One who saves (another) from sin" , "Christ, who saved us from damnation" , "One saving another from sin" , "One who saves (sinner)" .)