Was glitzy snow vehicle seen outside recreation area? (8)
I believe the answer is:
sparkled
'was glitzy snow' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'vehicle seen outside recreation area?' is the wordplay.
'vehicle' becomes 'sled' (sled is a kind of vehicle).
'seen outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'recreation area?' becomes 'park' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'sled' going around 'park' is 'SPARKLED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sparkled that I've seen before include "Scintillated, shone" , "Scintillated, flashed" , "Glittered, scintillated" .)