### Clue: Keen to take over outlet in place of exile (8)
### Answer: COVENTRY 
 ### Explanation: Definition: place of exile

**CRY** ("keen") *to take* **O** (over, in cricket) + **VENT** ("outlet")
 
If you ignore someone, you are said to send them to Coventry, hence Coventry could be considered a "place of exile".