Keys in car taken from recreants (6)
I believe the answer is:
enters
'keys' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for enters that I've seen before include "Goes in or records in book" , "Goes inside" , "Inserts" , "Registers for a competition, say" , "Records, in a diary say" .)