Picture in a picture

The answer

INSET

5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the INSET answer page.

Used 13 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1999. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• WATERMARK (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for INSET

Every other clue in this collection answered by INSET, most used first.

• Map within a map - used 130 times, most recently in 2026
• Map feature - used 64 times, most recently in 2026
• Atlas feature - used 44 times, most recently in 2024
• Map detail - used 42 times, most recently in 2026
• Map in a map - used 36 times, most recently in 2026
• Miniature map - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
• Atlas enlargement - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
• Detail map - used 18 times, most recently in 2024
• Mini-map - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
• Atlas detail - used 13 times, most recently in 2023
• Map closeup - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Atlas blowup - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
• Map part - used 10 times, most recently in 2010
• Magnified map detail - used 9 times, most recently in 2025
• Alaska on a map, sometimes - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Atlas closeup - used 8 times, most recently in 2019
• Cartographic closeup - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Gore - used 8 times, most recently in 1988
• Map addition - used 8 times, most recently in 1998
• Map close-up - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Picture within a picture - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Map box - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Atlas extra - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Cartographic extra - used 6 times, most recently in 2012
• Map extra - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Map of Hawaii, often - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Picture in picture - used 6 times, most recently in 2008
• Smaller map - used 6 times, most recently in 2012

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Picture puzzle - REBUS, used 161 times
• Picture - IMAGE, used 75 times
• Mental picture - IMAGE, used 68 times
• Picture book - ALBUM, used 22 times
• Picture holder - FRAME, used 22 times
• Big picture - MURAL, used 21 times

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