Smear pan haphazardly to make cheese (8)
I believe the answer is:
parmesan
'cheese' is the definition.
(Parmesan is an example)
'smear pan haphazardly' is the wordplay.
'haphazardly' indicates an anagram.
'smear'+'pan'='smearpan'
'smearpan' is an anagram of 'PARMESAN'.
'to make' is the link.
(Other definitions for parmesan that I've seen before include "Cheese for grating" , "Spearman (anag) - cheese" , "Pam earns this cheese" , "Hard dry cheese, often grated" , "that's grated" .)