Maybe slips free, is loved to extremes in a way (8)
I believe the answer is:
fielders
'maybe slips free is loved to extremes in a way' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.
'free is loved to extremes in a way' is the wordplay.
'to extremes' means to remove the middle letters.
'in a way' indicates an anagram.
'loved' with its middle removed is 'ld'.
'free'+'is'+'ld'='freeisld'
'freeisld' is an anagram of 'FIELDERS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fielders that I've seen before include "team players" , "Defilers playing on the cricket pitch, not batsmen" , "Members of the side not batting in cricket" .)