The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word NESTING which also is the latest solution we found used in LA Times in 2020.
Fitting tightly crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NESTING | 50 % | 7 |
| SNUG | 50 % | 4 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Fitting tightly
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- snug
- tight-fitting
- close
- loose
- skintight
- strait
- hypodermic syringe
- balloon sleeve
- jodhpurs
- succinct
- terrine
- choker
Crossword Answer definitions
NESTING verb- (of animals) To build or settle into a nest.
- To settle into a home.
- To successively neatly fit inside another.
- To place in, or as if in, a nest.
- To place one thing neatly inside another, and both inside yet another (and so on).
- To hunt for birds' nests or their contents (usually "go nesting").
- The process by which a bird nests.
- The enclosure of one loop, block, etc. of code inside another.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result NESTING
- Fitting one within another
- Up a tree, perhaps
- Avian activity
- With 68-Across, each successive one of a set graphically depicted by this puzzle's circles
- Fitting tightly
- Building a tree house?
- Spring activity in the avian world.
- Avian activity.
- Fitting snugly.
- At home, as a hoopoe