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Came from - well, hardly out of the blue! (6)

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I believe the answer is:

hailed

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'came' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how they can define each other.

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(Other definitions for hailed that I've seen before include "Called to or summoned - say taxi" , "Signalled and summoned, say a taxi" , "Called out to attract attention" , "Called, a cab say" , "Greeted like old Romans did Caesar" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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