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Happen Upon Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "ALIGHT" which means:
- adjective satellite
- • Lighted up by or as by fire or flame verb
- • To come to rest, settle
- • Come down adjective
- • Lit, on fire, switched on.
- • Lit; on fire, burning.
An example sentence would be:
- • "The birds alighted on the tree branches."
- • "He alighted from the train at the next stop."
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