Park close to the shops, just outside, and leave? (6)
I believe the answer is:
recess
'leave?' is the definition.
(I know that recess is a type of vacation)
'park close to the shops just outside' is the wordplay.
'park' becomes 'rec' (short for recreation ground).
'close to' suggests the final letters (the close/ending of).
'just outside' means to remove the middle letters (just the outside letters of the word).
'shops' with its centre taken out is 'ss'.
The last letter of 'the' is 'e'.
'rec'+'e'+'ss'='RECESS'
'and' is the link.
(Other definitions for recess that I've seen before include "Breaktime" , "State of abeyance or suspended business" , "Small concavity" , "Break - depression" , "Alcove - holiday" .)