The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word EMERGE
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More clues leading to the result EMERGE
- Come out east to join up
- Appear, say, with repairmen in service turning up
- Some problem ERG expenses come to light
- Issue of ending of strike by Unite
- Eastern writer with odd bits of regret to come out
- Come out from crisis cutting off northern Cyprus
- Join in support of European issue
- Come out of European Union right away?
- Surface, say, engineers turned over
- Come out from English commercial move ending prematurely
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The straight part
We know that "come to light" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case come to light = emerge.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
Sadly, We don't have an explanation for this specific crossword clue yet.
What does EMERGE mean?
EMERGE verb- To come into view.
- To come out of a situation, object or a liquid.
- To become known.