Tease old lady for pinching a spice (8)
I believe the answer is:
cardamom
'spice' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'tease old lady for pinching a' is the wordplay.
'tease' becomes 'card' (synonyms).
'old lady' becomes 'mom' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'for pinching' indicates putting letters inside (some letters pinch or steal others).
'card'+'mom'='cardmom'
'cardmom' going around 'a' is 'CARDAMOM'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cardamom that I've seen before include "Oriental spice; a mad corm (anagram)" , "Spice; a mad corm (anag.)" , "It's pungent" , "type of plant" , "something spicy" .)