The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TEESSIDE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result TEESSIDE
- Tess welcoming European I’d at first engaged in regional area
- Industrial region, seediest, for redevelopment
- Renovated seediest part of the North
- Northern area supports, of course, sports team
- NE industrial zone offers places for driving team
- English region is doubly English when gripped by extremely tedious arrogance
- Support second eleven in industrial area
- What could be wrongly represented as seediest UK region?
- Amidst current, itinerant sees old shipbuilding area
- Supports team in industrial area
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The straight part
We know that "NE industrial zone" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case ne industrial zone = teesside.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.