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Leak note to skip part of book? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

seepage

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'leak' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'note to skip part of book?' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'e' (musical note).
'to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (I've seen this in other clues).
'skip' becomes 'se' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'part of book?' becomes 'page' (a page in a book).
'e' after 'se' is 'see'.
'see'+'page'='SEEPAGE'

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(Other definitions for seepage that I've seen before include "problem with tank" , "running out slowly" , "narrow escape?" , "Ooze" , "Slow leaking flow" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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