Hearing of duty, turns into the wind (5)
I believe the answer is:
tacks
'turns into the wind' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with contact as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'hearing of duty' is the wordplay.
'hearing of' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'duty' becomes 'tax' (I've seen this before).
'tax' sounds like 'TACKS'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for tacks that I've seen before include "Small broad-headed nails" , "Fixes" , "Approaches" , "They fix" , "Shorts nails with big heads" .)