The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word NAVEL
I've seen this crossword clue in The Guardian
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More clues leading to the result NAVEL
- Introspection doing little to inspire government leader supporting church body
- Part of church left sort of orange
- Scar is sort of orange
- Next to west section of church, left a kind of orange
- Part of church left for contemplation?
- Something to hold one’s gaze in revival of ‘Uncle Vanya’?
- Orange button
- Feature of church with Latin — something to gaze at?
- Main body left central point
- Dismisses one immature trainee in centre
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The straight part
We know that "Scar/sort of orange" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case scar/sort of orange = navel.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does NAVEL mean?
NAVEL noun- The indentation or bump remaining in the abdomen of mammals where the umbilical cord was attached before birth.
- The central part or point of anything; the middle.
- A navel orange.
- An eye on the underside of a carronade for securing it to a carriage.