Gathers prosecutors will protect border (6)
I believe the answer is:
crimps
'gathers prosecutors will' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'protect border' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'border' could be 'rim' (I've seen this before) and 'rim' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for crimps that I've seen before include "Pinches" , "curls" , "Presses into small folds or ridges" .)