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Fringe documentary oddly cut and edited (5)

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outer

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'fringe' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for outer that I've seen before include "External kind of route" , "Ring for double scores on a dartboard" , "Ring furthest from the bullseye" , "External; peripheral" , "This space is beyond earth's atmosphere" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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