Managed, for example, to return kitchen appliance (5)
I believe the answer is:
range
'kitchen appliance' is the definition.
(range is a kind of kitchen appliance)
'managed for example to return' is the wordplay.
'managed' becomes 'ran' (I've seen this before**).
'for example' becomes 'eg' ('e.g.' can be a synonym of 'for example').
'to return' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'eg' written backwards gives 'ge'.
'ran'+'ge'='RANGE'
(Other definitions for range that I've seen before include "Breadth (of variation)" , "Limit of effectiveness" , "Open land for livestock in the US" , "Distance between weapon and target" , "Series, of mountains perhaps" .)