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Went by road from Dover (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drove

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'went by road' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'from dover' is the wordplay.
'from' is an anagram indicator (from the letters).
'dover' is an anagram of 'DROVE'.

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(Other definitions for drove that I've seen before include "Herd of cattle" , "Motored; moving flock" , "Pushed" , "Incited" , "kicked hard" .)

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