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Yielded five keys (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ceded

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'yielded' is the definition.
('cede' can be a synonym of 'yield')

'five keys' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'keys' could be 'de' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'de' is found in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for ceded that I've seen before include "Given up" , "Yielded, surrendered" , "Relinquished" , "Gave up (power)" , "Granted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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