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Key left after move (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

passport

'key' is the definition.
(both can mean a means of accessing something)

'left after move' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'port' (left side of a ship - opposite of starboard).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'move' becomes 'pass' (passing is a kind of moving).
'port' put after 'pass' is 'PASSPORT'.

(Other definitions for passport that I've seen before include "Document facilitating travel" , "one admits" , "papers" , "Official document required for foreign travel" , "Travel doc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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