Supervisor said to scorch excessively (8)
I believe the answer is:
overseer
'supervisor' is the definition.
(an overseer supervises others)
'said to scorch excessively' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'excessively' could be 'over' and 'over' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'seer' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for overseer that I've seen before include "Supervisor or foreman" , "monitor" , "Person supervising" , "gaffer" , "Superintendent, manager" .)