Eg Iron Maiden recently sent up (5)
I believe the answer is:
metal
'eg iron' is the definition.
(iron is a kind of metal)
'maiden recently sent up' is the wordplay.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'recently' becomes 'late' (I've seen this in other clues).
'sent up' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'late' reversed gives 'etal'.
'm'+'etal'='METAL'
(Other definitions for metal that I've seen before include "Eg, copper" , "Lead, say" , "Copper or gold, say" , "Eg, titanium" , "Eg, iron, lead" .)