Overlook a little road in the outskirts of Paignton (6)

I believe the answer is:

pardon

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

'a little road in the outskirts of paignton' is the wordplay.
'a little road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation. I am not sure about the 'little' bit.).
'in the' is an insertion indicator.
'outskirts of' means to remove the middle letters (only letters on the outskirts).
'paignton' with its middle taken out is 'paon'.
'rd' placed inside 'paon' is 'PARDON'.

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(Other definitions for pardon that I've seen before include "Let off" , "Forgive or remit" , "Excuse or absolve" , "Polite expression of regret, please excuse" , "Grant forgiveness" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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