Question 1

What does the cryptic crossword clue "City's time-consuming trading floor areas, a main obstacle, it's said (10)" mean?

Accepted Answer

The definition is "City's". The wordplay uses a homophone (sounds like). Homophone of “pits” + “[ice]berg” Thanks to Rullytully for the correction: the PITTS part is T in PITS The answer is PITTSBURGH.

Question 2

What is the answer to "City's time-consuming trading floor areas, a main obstacle, it's said (10)"?

Accepted Answer

The answer is PITTSBURGH.