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Leave dry grass fringes round cap (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

holiday

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'leave' is the definition.
(I know that holiday is a type of leave)

'dry grass fringes round cap' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'round' could be 'o' (round can mean a round object) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'cap' could be 'lid' (eg the lid of a bottle) and 'lid' is found in the answer.
'grass' could be 'hay' (hay is dried grass) and 'hay' is found within the remaining letters.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for holiday that I've seen before include "Billie" , "See 8" , "rest" , "Break from work" , "Vacation" .)

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