Market place around a fortress in a N African town (6)

I believe the answer is:

casbah

(Other definitions for casbah that I've seen before include "Area around a castle in Algiers" , "Native quarter of cities in northern Africa" , "Native quarter of North African cities" , "Crowded part of old Arab city in N Africa" , "in Arab citadel" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.

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