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Moves lightly, like runners going round the park? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skips

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'moves lightly' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'runners going round the park?' is the wordplay.
'runners' becomes 'skis' (ski is a kind of runner).
'going round' indicates putting letters inside.
'the park?' becomes 'p' (this might be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'skis' placed around 'p' is 'SKIPS'.

'like' is the link.

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(Other definitions for skips that I've seen before include "Large containers for rubbish" , "Waste containers" .)

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