Wood Jack Lovelace maybe roughly managed to cut (9)
I believe the answer is:
jacaranda
'wood' is the definition.
(I have seen 'exotic wood' mean 'jacaranda' so perhaps 'wood' could also mean 'jacaranda')
'maybe roughly managed to cut' is the wordplay.
'maybe' becomes 'jada' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'roughly' becomes 'ca' (abbreviation for circa).
'managed' becomes 'ran' (both can mean organised or was in charge of).
'to cut' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters cut their way into a word).
'ca'+'ran'='caran'
'jada' enclosing 'caran' is 'JACARANDA'.
'jack lovelace' is the link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jacaranda that I've seen before include "Tree common in Pretoria, South Africa" , "Tropical tree with fern-like leaves" , "Tropical American tree" , "exotic wood" , "Tropical flowering tree" .)