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1 | 99% | 6 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 36% | 8 | Alight one more time on bench | |
3 | 34% | 12 | One sitting on the bench gets set alight by the match? | |
The Bench Is Alight Crossword Clue
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About This Clues Answer
We think the answer is "SETTLE" which means:
- noun
- • A long wooden bench with a back verb
- • Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground
- • Bring to an end; settle conclusively
- • Settle conclusively; come to terms
- • Take up residence and become established
- • Come to terms
- • Go under
- • Become settled or established and stable in one's residence or life style
- • Become resolved, fixed, established, or quiet
- • Establish or develop as a residence
- • Come to rest
- • Arrange or fix in the desired order
- • Accept despite lack of complete satisfaction
- • End a legal dispute by arriving at a settlement
- • Dispose of; make a financial settlement
- • Become clear by the sinking of particles
- • Cause to become clear by forming a sediment (of liquids)
- • Sink down or precipitate
- • Fix firmly
- • Get one's revenge for a wrong or an injury
- • Make final; put the last touches on; put into final form
- • Form a community
- • Come as if by falling
An example sentence would be:
- • "After a long day of hiking, we decided to settle by the campfire."
- • "It took several months for the dust to settle after the earthquake."
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