Emerge from an egg (5)

I believe the answer is:

hatch

'emerge from an egg' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for hatch that I've seen before include "contrive to > emerge in > shade" , "Think up" , "Cook up" , "Mountain goat" , "Brood" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent, the Evening Standard, the Newsday.com, The Guardian, The Mirror, the Irish Times (Simplex), the King Feature Syndicate, the New York Times and The Times.

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