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Day that's added to spring (4)

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leap

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'spring' is the definition.
(both can mean to jump)

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(Other definitions for leap that I've seen before include "Basket" , "Spring suddenly" , "as 1984 was" , "Jump, spring" , "some years?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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