The famous owner contrived to get the home back (8)
I believe the answer is:
renowned
'the famous' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'owner contrived to get the home back' is the wordplay.
'contrived' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'the home' becomes 'den' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'den' reversed gives 'ned'.
'owner' is an anagram of 'renow'.
'renow'+'ned'='RENOWNED'
(Other definitions for renowned that I've seen before include "Prominent" , "Widely respected" , "Widely known/respected" , "Illustrious" , "Famed" .)