For example, Russian money given to one of The Greens by Pole (8)
I believe the answer is:
european
'for example' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.
'russian money given to one of the greens by pole' is the wordplay.
'russian money given' becomes 'eur' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to one of' becomes 'o'.
'the greens' becomes 'pea' (pea green is a kind of green).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'pole' becomes 'n'.
'eur'+'o'+'pea'+'n'='EUROPEAN'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for european that I've seen before include "Anti-UKIP" , "possibly from Italy" , "Continental inhabitant" , "'Belgian, Spaniard or Greek, say (8)'" , "Continental is curiously A-one pure" .)