___ crest (place for a backpacker's hip belt) (5)

I believe the answer is:

iliac

(Other definitions for iliac that I've seen before include "Pertaining to hip bone" , "Trojan" , "Relating to part of the hip bone" , "bottom of a hip bone" , "Like certain body parts" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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