Animal death on the fringes of a city (5)
I believe the answer is:
eland
'animal' is the definition.
(eland is a type of antelope)
'death on the fringes of a city' is the wordplay.
'death' becomes 'end' (synonyms).
'on' indicates putting letters inside (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'the fringes of a city' becomes 'la' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'end' placed around 'la' is 'ELAND'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for eland that I've seen before include "Animal's" , "African mammal" , "Spiral-horn antelope" , "Ruminant" , "Large African deer with short spiral horns" .)