Puts one within another

The answer

NESTS

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

Used 7 times across 5 distinct years; most recently in 2012; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 4 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for NESTS

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

• High homes - used 59 times, most recently in 2026
• Tree houses - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
• Birds' homes - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
• Egg holders - used 38 times, most recently in 2026
• Retreats. - used 29 times, most recently in 1998
• Aeries - used 27 times, most recently in 2008
• Bird abodes - used 26 times, most recently in 2024
• Egg containers - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Hatchlings' homes - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Cozy places - used 22 times, most recently in 2024
• Homes in trees - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
• Hornets' homes - used 21 times, most recently in 2024
• They're for the birds - used 19 times, most recently in 2022
• Bird homes - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Settles in - used 17 times, most recently in 2024
• Comfy spots - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Homes for hatchlings - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Hornet homes - used 16 times, most recently in 2023
• Hotbeds - used 16 times, most recently in 2024
• Fits snugly - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
• Bird houses - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Cozy spots - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Wasps' homes - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Avian abodes - used 10 times, most recently in 2025
• Branch headquarters? - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Homes made of twigs - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Sparrows' homes - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• Cozy retreats - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• Digs of twigs - used 9 times, most recently in 2019
• Homes in the sticks? - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Cozy homes - used 8 times, most recently in 2018
• Crows' homes - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Robins' homes - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Snug retreats - used 8 times, most recently in 2006
• Birds' abodes - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Digs made of twigs - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
• Hatchling homes - used 7 times, most recently in 2011
• Homes for hawks - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Makes a home - used 7 times, most recently in 2019
• Snuggeries - used 7 times, most recently in 1995
• Twiggy abodes - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
• Aeries, e.g. - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
• Hatching posts - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Hideaways - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
• Rookery structures - used 6 times, most recently in 2007
• Snug abodes. - used 6 times, most recently in 2007

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.

• Map within a map - INSET, used 130 times
• One more time - AGAIN, used 115 times
• Indian, for one - OCEAN, used 70 times
• Be of one mind - AGREE, used 68 times
• Bikini, for one - ATOLL, used 66 times
• One way to read - ALOUD, used 57 times

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