Went by road from Dover (5)
I believe the answer is:
drove
'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'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for drove that I've seen before include "Herd of cattle" , "Motored; moving flock" , "Pushed" , "Incited" , "kicked hard" .)