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Operated front door with electronic key (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dealt

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'operated' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'front door with electronic key' is the wordplay.
'front' says to take the initial letters.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'electronic' becomes 'e' (as in e-mail or e-books).
'key' becomes 'alt' (the Alt keyboard button).
The first letter of 'door' is 'd'.
'd'+'e'+'alt'='DEALT'

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(Other definitions for dealt that I've seen before include "Traded" , "Handed out (cards)" , "Distributed playing cards" , "Dispensed (cards)" , "Delivered" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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