The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word TUNDRA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TUNDRA
- A way teachers recalled a cold, treeless zone
- Unrestricted hard nuts head up Arctic region
- Medic introduced to swimmer in wasteland
- Doctor cutting fish in cold zone
- Fish found round mostly arid Arctic plain
- Container for ale, mostly dull and plain
- Cockney bruiser returns to wasteland
- Plain fish to catch way back
- Turd, an obnoxious, bleak feature of Russia
- Chilling territory ‘oodlum recalled?
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The straight part
We know that "Chilling territory" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case chilling territory = tundra.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does TUNDRA mean?
TUNDRA noun- A flat and treeless Arctic biome.