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Glance through second novel by Kipling (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skim

'glance through' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'second novel by kipling' is the wordplay.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'novel by kipling' becomes 'kim' (novel by Rudyard Kipling).
's'+'kim'='SKIM'

(Other definitions for skim that I've seen before include "Pass swiftly and lightly over the surface" , "Move quickly (over a surface)" , "Move lightly over a surface" , "avoid paying income tax" , "Glide lightly over" .)

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