Ending in danger, say, a road worker looking back (9)

I believe the answer is:

regardant

'looking back' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'ending in danger say a road worker' is the wordplay.
'ending in' indicates one should take the final letters.
'say' becomes 'eg' (both can mean for example).
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation for road).
'worker' becomes 'ant' (worker is a type of ant).
The final letter of 'danger' is 'r'.
'r'+'eg'+'a'+'rd'+'ant'='REGARDANT'

(Another definition for regardant that I've seen is " looking back".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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