PC, for example, frantically cut rope binding maiden (8)
I believe the answer is:
computer
'pc for example' is the definition.
(pc is a kind of computer)
'frantically cut rope binding maiden' is the wordplay.
'frantically' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'binding' indicates putting letters inside.
'maiden' becomes 'm' (cricket abbreviation).
'cut'+'rope'='cutrope'
'cutrope' is an anagram of 'coputer'.
'coputer' placed around 'm' is 'COMPUTER'.
(Other definitions for computer that I've seen before include "Eg, PC" , "Comer put out by data processing machine" , "Curt poem (anag)" , "Laptop, perhaps" , "Electronic machine, basis of networks" .)