The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word PALESTINE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result PALESTINE
- Sulphur-filled beer can found in training area abroad
- Contested area in case pamphleteer comes round
- Terrible penalties in partitioned land
- Penalties for misbehaving in biblical location?
- Drinks drop of tea in wood in the Holy Land
- Penalties converted in the eastern Mediterranean
- Thirst for beers and Tango contained here in the Middle East
- Pasty-faced saint in eastern land
- . Scoring penalties in an area of conflict
- Please freely invest money in the Middle East
Buddy explains!
The straight part
We know that "biblical location" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case biblical location = palestine.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.