Some outline area starting in south-west Asia (4,4)
I believe the answer is:
near east
'asia' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'some outline area starting in' is the wordplay.
'some' says the answer is hidden in the clue (some of the parts of the word are used).
'NEAR EAST' is hidden in the letters of 'outline area starting in'.
'south-west' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for near east that I've seen before include "SW Asia" , "group of countries" , "The Balkans and Turkey" , "Western Asian states formerly" , "Iran and Iraq, etc" .)