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Winter sports accessory, without question, getting you to glide over the surface (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skim

'to glide over the surface' is the definition.

'winter sports accessory without question' is the wordplay.
'winter sports accessory' becomes 'skimask'.
'without' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'question' becomes 'ask'.
'skimask' with 'ask' taken away is 'SKIM'.

'getting you' is the link.

(Other definitions for skim that I've seen before include "Glide smoothly over" , "Bounce (a stone) over water" , "Glide lightly over" , "Remove top (of milk)" , "Remove (or move close to) liquid surface" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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