Bordering areas of a town or city (9)

I believe the answer is:

outskirts

(Other definitions for outskirts that I've seen before include "Periphery" , "borders" , "Suburbs" , "area away from town centre" , "Fringes of a city" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.

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