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Cryptically, it is a busy commercial area (4,6)

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I believe the answer is:

city centre

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'cryptically it' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'busy commercial area' is the wordplay.
'busy commercial' becomes 'city' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'area' becomes 'centre' (centre is a kind of area).
'city'+'centre'='CITY CENTRE'

'is a' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for city centre that I've seen before include "Downtown" , "metropolitan area" , "Bullring, say" , "Focal point of urban area" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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