### Clue: Max may be associated with this space for nuts (8)
### Answer: HEADROOM 
 ### Explanation: Definition: this space for nuts
  Cryptic defn:  The ROOM,*space* above people's HEADs,*nuts*, critical with low-ceilings or short doors.  The association with *Max* is from the futuristic TV series in the late 80s, Max Headroom, featuring punk rock and things cyberspace.   Max Headroom was a computer generated character derived from the brainscan of an investigative reporter, named after the last words the reporter saw before he was knocked off from his motorcycle while pursuing someone into a covered parking lot.  My clue of the day.