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Would appreciate help, please, with 4 down, Wrap is sexy, shortened at both ends (4 letters). I have r-t-.

Hi bassett, e)roti(c

You beat me to it Ginge, nice clue.

Thanks, Ginge and Rossim.

In dire straits after reputation collapsed, a first for relatively wealthy area (11,4)

I have the answer, but where does the BELT fit in the parsing?

Hate to criticise editors, but having done the Sat and Sunday times in immediate succession, the clue repetition is a bit slack, surely?

Quite a coincidence, certainly! Any thoughts on the clue I've posted from yesterday's?

Chambers has strait as a definition for belt.

So STOCK BROKE R (first for relatively) BELT

.... though the parts of speech are pretty ugly fir belt as it stands, so there may be something wrong with this parsing.

Hotelwhiskey7, I'd come up with the same, but felt 'In dire straits' didn't really lead to just Belt.

I parsed it as broke = in dire straits, and belt = area, e.g. green belt.