The Clue
Commercial ___ (4 letter answer)
The Answer
ZONE
Tags
Notes
The answer ZONE is seen frequently, appearing about once every 190 puzzles.
Related Clues
Area
Belt
District
Locale
Neighborhood
Region
Sector
Temperate ___
Time ___
"The Twilight ___"
Basketball defense
Defense type
Delivery area
Kind of defense
Metropolitan sector
Part of DMZ
Restricted area
Torrid or Temperate
The "Z" of DMZ
Factor in shipping costs
Final numbers on an envelope
Kind of defense in football
Kind of pass defense
Man-to-man alternative
Postal or commercial follower
Postal delivery area
Taxi map division
Twilight or time follower
Type of court defense
Alternative to a man-to-man defense
Be hazily inattentive, in slang
It might be neutral
Type of defense in some sports
Designate "commercial" or "single-family," e.g.
Definition
ZONE as a noun:
1. a circumscribed geographical region characterized by some distinctive features
2. (zone, geographical zone) = any of the regions of the surface of the Earth loosely divided according to latitude or longitude
3. an area or region distinguished from adjacent parts by a distinctive feature or characteristic
4. (zone, zona) = (anatomy) any encircling or beltlike structure
ZONE as a verb:
1. (zone, district) = regulate housing in; of certain areas of towns
2. (partition, zone) = separate or apportion into sections; "partition a room off"