A pint with lady, removing keys in an appropriate way (5)
I believe the answer is:
aptly
'in an appropriate way' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'a pint with lady' is the wordplay.
'pint' becomes 'pt' (abbreviation).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'lady' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'a'+'pt'+'ly'='APTLY'
'removing keys' is the link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for aptly that I've seen before include "Appropriately" , "as is fitting" , "In a suitable manner" , "Suitably" , "In a competent manner" .)