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Used keys again and went back in (2-7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

re-entered

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'used keys' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I don't see how they can define each other.

'again and went back in' is the wordplay.
'again' becomes 're' (prefix meaning 'again').
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'went back in' becomes 'entered' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
're'+'entered'='RE-ENTERED'

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(Another definition for re-entered that I've seen is " Returned into the earth's atmosphere".)

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