Female Republican in Georgia's unconventional (6)
I believe the answer is:
fringe
'unconventional' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?
'female republican in georgia's' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'republican' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'georgia' becomes 'ge' (I've seen this in other clues).
'f'+'r'+'in'+'ge'='FRINGE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for fringe that I've seen before include "Periphery" , "Border of threads or hair" , "Tasselled edging" , "(Tasselled) border" , "Perimeter" .)