Skilful road repairs, it appears (6)
I believe the answer is:
adroit
'skilful' is the definition.
(adroit can mean skilful or masterful)
'road repairs it appears' is the wordplay.
'repairs' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'repaired' mean this).
'appears' says to put letters next to each other (some letters appear after others).
'road' anagrammed gives 'adro'.
'adro'+'it'='ADROIT'
(Other definitions for adroit that I've seen before include "Dexterous, artful" , "Skilful, dexterous" , "Deft and skilful" , "skill" , "Quick and clever in action or thought" .)