The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word FRINGES
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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What does FRINGES mean?
FRINGES noun- Hair hanging over the forehead.
- A hairstyle including such hair, especially cut straight across the forehead.
- Brucellosis, a bacterial disease.
- A decorative border.
- A marginal or peripheral part.
- Those members of a political party, or any social group, holding unorthodox views.
- The periphery of a town or city.
- A light or dark band formed by the diffraction of light.
- Non-mainstream theatre.
- The peristome or fringe-like appendage of the capsules of most mosses.
- The area around the green
- Used attributively with reference to Aboriginal people living on the edge of towns etc.
- A daypart that precedes or follows prime time.
- To decorate with fringe.
- To serve as a fringe.