The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ZONE
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More clues leading to the result ZONE
- Area of Eastern and Northern Australia looking up
- Section of filled pizza with no calories
- Unknown individual in band
- Girl’s keeping new belt
- Unknown individual’s belt
- Close to Jerez, unique region
- Area of Zambia concerned with energy
- Counterpart of 10 I found in area
- Area where last character’s alone, mostly
- Section of Heinz to can edible roots
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The straight part
We know that "belt" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case belt = zone.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does ZONE mean?
ZONE noun- Each of the five regions of the earth's surface into which it was divided by climatic differences, namely the torrid zone (between the tropics), two temperate zones (between the tropics and the polar circles), and two frigid zones (within the polar circles).
- Any given region or area of the world.
- A given area distinguished on the basis of a particular characteristic, use, restriction, etc.
- A band or area of growth encircling anything.
- A band or stripe extending around a body.
- A series of planes having mutually parallel intersections.
- The strike zone.
- Every of the three parts of an ice rink, divided by two blue lines.
- A semicircular area in front of each goal.
- A high-performance phase or period.
- A defensive scheme where defenders guard a particular area of the court or field, as opposed to a particular opposing player.
- That collection of a domain's DNS resource records, the domain and its subdomains, that are not delegated to another authority.
- (Apple computing) A logical group of network devices on AppleTalk.
- A belt or girdle.
- The curved surface of a frustum of a sphere, the portion of surface of a sphere delimited by parallel planes.
- (perhaps by meronymy) A frustum of a sphere.
- A circuit; a circumference.
- To divide into or assign sections or areas.
- To define the property use classification of an area.
- To enter a daydream state temporarily, for instance as a result of boredom, fatigue, or intoxication; to doze off.
- To girdle or encircle.