Told to take a look at facade beside the water (8)
I believe the answer is:
seafront
'beside the water' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.
'told to take a look at facade' is the wordplay.
'told' shows a homophone (sound like).
'to take a look' becomes 'see' (I've seen this in other clues).
'at' says to put letters next to each other.
'facade' becomes 'front' (I've seen this before).
'see' is a homophone of 'sea'.
'sea'+'front'='SEAFRONT'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for seafront that I've seen before include "that's where the waves come in" , "No faster (anag)" , "Prom?" , "promenade" .)