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Take off the garment right away (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

skit

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'garment right away' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'take off the' is the wordplay.
'take off' becomes 'ski' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'ski'+'t'='SKIT'

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(Other definitions for skit that I've seen before include "Short humorous play" , "Comic sketch" , "satirical observation" , "Short play which makes fun of something" , "Comedy item" .)

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