Ministers about to enter residences (6)
I believe the answer is:
padres
'ministers' is the definition.
(padre is a type of church minister)
'about to enter residences' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'about' could be 're' ('re' means regarding or about) and 're' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pads' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for padres that I've seen before include "Fathers" , "Spared by clerics" , "Spared as military clergy" , "Spread (anag.)" , "Army chaplains" .)