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He'll take a squint round the road junction (5)

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I believe the answer is:

peter

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'he'll' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'a squint round the road junction' is the wordplay.
'a squint' becomes 'peer' (I've seen this in another clue).
'round' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the road junction' becomes 'T' (T-junction is a type of road junction).
'peer' placed around 't' is 'PETER'.

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(Other definitions for peter that I've seen before include "Boy's name - safe" , "' - - Pan' by Barrie" , "Leader of the Apostles" , "Leading apostle" , "Man's name" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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