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Skip a year? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

leap

This clue is a double definition.

'skip' is the first definition.
(I know that skip is a more specific form of the action leap)

'a year?' is the second definition.
(leap year is a kind of year)

(Other definitions for leap that I've seen before include "as 1984 was" , "some years?" , "Pounce" , "Jump; type of year" , "Sudden surge" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard and The Globe and Mail.
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