Forgive way egg is placed in pan? (6)
I believe the answer is:
pardon
'forgive' is the definition.
(pardoning is a kind of forgiving)
'way egg is placed in pan?' is the wordplay.
'way' becomes 'rd' (short for road).
'egg' becomes 'o' (an 'o' resembles an egg).
'is placed in' means one lot of letters goes inside another (I've seen this in other clues).
'rd'+'o'='rdo'
'rdo' placed within 'pan' is 'PARDON'.
(Other definitions for pardon that I've seen before include "What was that you said" , "Let off" , "Forgive - eh?" , "Forgive, perhaps judicially" , "Polite expression of regret, please excuse" .)