What the squatters did? (3)
I believe the answer is:
sat
'did?' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with motion as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'what the squatters' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'sa' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for sat that I've seen before include "Took (an exam)" , "Pulled up a 29 down" , "nearly half a day" , "Used a chair" , "part of the weekend" .)