Loose chips are heavenly (8)
I believe the answer is:
seraphic
'heavenly' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'loose chips are' is the wordplay.
'loose' indicates anagramming the letters (letters are loosened from their original positions).
'chips'+'are'='chipsare'
'chipsare' with letters rearranged gives 'SERAPHIC'.
(Other definitions for seraphic that I've seen before include "Angelic" , "serene" , "Like the highest ofder of angels" , "To do with top angels" .)