The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word ANTRIM
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result ANTRIM
- Worker on edge in Ulster county
- A knight with additional decoration somewhere in Northern Ireland
- An orderly part of province
- An orderly area of the UK
- County worker on edge
- Article cut for NI town
- A Norway spruce in part of Northern Ireland
- A man gets haircut in Ireland
- A Norwegian’s principal spruce in NI county
- Worker on edge somewhere in NI
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "area of the UK" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case area of the uk = antrim.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.