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Normal names manufactured cheese (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parmesan

'cheese' is the definition.
(Parmesan is an example)

'normal names manufactured' is the wordplay.
'normal' becomes 'par'.
'manufactured' is an anagram indicator.
'names' is an anagram of 'mesan'.
'par'+'mesan'='PARMESAN'

(Other definitions for parmesan that I've seen before include "Pam earns this cheese" , "that's grated" , "Italian 8 across" , "Spearman (anag) - cheese" , "Cheese for grating" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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