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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a clue comes" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where you are indicating that a clue or hint is being revealed or presented.
Example: "As the investigation progressed, a clue comes to light that changes everything."
Alternatives: "a clue appears" or "a clue is revealed".
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And if a clue comes along and bites me on the ankle, I grab it.
A clue comes late in the game, when she talks of a god who "cleansed everything, punished some, preserved the rest, and all was well.
A clue comes one night as Tommy and a friend get up to mischief, leaving Frankie Castelluccio (John Lloyd Young) as their lookout man on the sidewalk.
A clue comes from a leading biotech company you report as having "already identified 100 genes in Arabidopsis that could be used to design new herbicides".
A clue comes from the identification of an apparent cryovolcano in this flat region of Dione.
A clue comes from the late 1980s, when Browne ran BP's U.S. oil and gas exploration outfit.
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Perhaps a clue came during a secure video conference call between Washington and Kabul last Saturday.
A clue came later when another caller, Ken, complained of cyclists not paying "motor tax".
A clue came from a study published earlier this year by Gabriel Radvansky, at the University of Notre Dame, and his co-workers.
A clue came in a 6-to-3 ruling yesterday holding that the government may grant computers and other teaching aids to religious schools.
A clue came from a finding by neuroscientist King-Wai Yau of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
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