Making ass chew nuts (7)

I believe the answer is:

cashews

'nuts' is the definition.
(I know this)

'making ass chew' is the wordplay.
'making' indicates an anagram.
'ass'+'chew'='asschew'
'asschew' anagrammed gives 'CASHEWS'.

(Another definition for cashews that I've seen is " Tropical nuts".)

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