Cross about gold rim of coffee pot? (8)
I believe the answer is:
saucepan
'pot?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'cross about gold rim of coffee' is the wordplay.
'cross' becomes 'span' (span can mean to cross or bridge).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gold' becomes 'Au' (Au is the chemical symbol for gold).
'rim of' suggests removing the centre (only the letters at the edges or rims of the word).
'coffee' with its centre taken out is 'ce'.
'au'+'ce'='auce'
'span' enclosing 'auce' is 'SAUCEPAN'.
(Other definitions for saucepan that I've seen before include "Kitchen vessel" , "Cooking utensil" , "Cooking pot" , "kitchenware" , "Cooking vessel" .)