Awful pity if Den misses parking spot (8)
I believe the answer is:
identify
'spot' is the definition.
(I know that spot can be written as identify)
'awful pity if den misses parking' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'misses' suggests deleting specific letters.
'parking' becomes 'p' (abbreviation on road signs).
'pity'+'if'+'den'='pityifden'
'pityifden' with 'p' taken out is 'ityifden'.
'ityifden' anagrammed gives 'IDENTIFY'.
(Other definitions for identify that I've seen before include "Establish who someone is, put name to" , "Give the name of" , "Recognise, put name to" , "associate" , "Pinpoint" .)