Not thick with foreign press about the area (6)
I believe the answer is:
sparse
'not thick' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
'foreign press about the area' is the wordplay.
'foreign' is an anagram indicator (foreign order of the letters).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'the area' becomes 'a' (maths abbreviation).
'press' is an anagram of 'sprse'.
'sprse' enclosing 'a' is 'SPARSE'.
'with' is the link.
(Other definitions for sparse that I've seen before include "Spares, being thin on the ground" , "rarely occurring" , "not packed together" , "Thinly dotted about" , "Meagre, scanty" .)