Seduced German and Italian dames at the outset (5)
I believe the answer is:
undid
'seduced' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'german and italian dames at the outset' is the wordplay.
'german and' becomes 'und' ('and' in German).
'at the outset' says to take the initial letters (the outset is the beginning).
The initial letters of 'italian dames' is 'id'.
'und'+'id'='UNDID'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for undid that I've seen before include "Unbuttoned" , "Loosened; reversed" , "Cancelled, reversed (an action)" , "Annulled; unfastened" , "Loosened; ruined" .)