Master performing reliably in the opening movement? (8,3)

Times Cryptic #28385 | 12 Down | 2022-09-02
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Times for the Times have:

very nice cryptic def; a skeleton key is a MASTER key that should reliably move in locks so as to open them

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