Shabby view on Doubleday's limits (5)
I believe the answer is:
seedy
'shabby' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'view on doubleday's limits' is the wordplay.
'view' becomes 'see' (synonyms).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'limits' means to remove the middle letters.
'doubleday' with its centre taken out is 'dy'.
'see'+'dy'='SEEDY'
(Other definitions for seedy that I've seen before include "Unseemly" , "Run-down, squalid" , "Shabby and a bit dubious" , "run down" , "Down-at-heel" .)