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Catherine follows curlers to glide, but not on ice

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rollerskate

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'glide but not on ice' is the definition.
'roller skate' can be an answer for 'glide' (thesaurus). I'm not certain of the 'but not on ice' bit.

'catherine follows curlers' is the wordplay.
'catherine' becomes 'Kate'.
'follows' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'curlers' becomes 'rollers' ('roller' can be a synonym of 'curler').
'kate' after 'rollers' is 'ROLLER-SKATE'.

'to' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for rollerskate that I've seen is " Running shoe".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Mail.
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