Gained entry to (8)
I believe the answer is:
accessed
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">gained entry to</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for accessed that I've seen before include "Retrieved data" , "Got into" , "Entered" .)