Charming girl outwardly showing skills (8)
I believe the answer is:
adorable
'charming' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'girl outwardly showing skills' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Dora' (girl's name).
'outwardly' is an insertion indicator (some letters go outside others).
'showing skills' becomes 'able' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'dora' going into 'able' is 'ADORABLE'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for adorable that I've seen before include "Inspiring great affection" , "worthy of love" , "Winsome" , "winning" , "Very charming and attractive" .)