The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word NEST , but the solution may also be IRA which is one of the most recent solution (2012 in Newsday).
Shelter of a sort crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| NEST | 29 % | 4 |
| IRA | 14 % | 3 |
| AWNING | 14 % | 6 |
| COTE | 14 % | 4 |
| GARAGE | 14 % | 6 |
| KENNEL | 14 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Shelter of a sort
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- tent
- aerie
- blind
- blinds
- cat
- garage
- motel
- resort
- screen
- sentry
- belvedere
- bunker
Crossword Answer definitions
NEST noun- A structure built by a bird as a place to incubate eggs and rear young.
- A place used by another mammal, fish, amphibian or insect, for depositing eggs and hatching young.
- A snug, comfortable, or cosy residence or job situation.
- A retreat, or place of habitual resort.
- A hideout for bad people to frequent or haunt; a den.
- A home that a child or young adult shares with a parent or guardian.
- A fixed number of cards in some bidding games awarded to the highest bidder allowing him to exchange any or all with cards in his hand.
- A fortified position for a weapon.
- A structure consisting of nested structures, such as nested loops or nested subroutine calls.
- A circular bed of pasta, rice, etc. to be topped or filled with other foods.
- An aggregated mass of any ore or mineral, in an isolated state, within a rock.
- A collection of boxes, cases, or the like, of graduated size, each put within the one next larger.
- A compact group of pulleys, gears, springs, etc., working together or collectively.
- (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").
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 NEST
- Aerie
- Bird house?
- Bird's-__ soup
- Digs of twigs
- Duck hawk's digs
- Hornbill home
- Mare's __ (hoax)
- Robin's residence
- See 34A
- Snug place
More clues leading to the result IRA
- "Deathtrap" author Levin
- "Rosemary's Baby" author Levin
- A Gershwin
- Author Levin
- Gershwin or Levin
- Lyricist Gershwin
- Playwright Levin
- Retirement-fund letters
- Sinn Fein's gr.
- Tax-deferred acct.
More clues leading to the result AWNING
- Canopy
- Shade provider
- Storefront shelter
- Café feature, perhaps
- Sidewalk shade maker
- Canvas shade source
- Place to display a business name, maybe
- Storefront projection
- Canvas shade maker
- Sun shade
More clues leading to the result COTE
- Pigeon coop
- Sheep shelter
- Pigeon's abode
- __ d'Ivoire (African nation)
- Sheep shed
- Bird shelter
- Dove's gathering
- Pigeon shelter
- __ d'Azur
- Shed for sheep
More clues leading to the result GARAGE
- Rock site, perhaps?
- Place for a tune-up
- Sale site
- Park place?
- Grease monkey's workplace
- Compact container?
- Caddy shack?
- Inventor's workshop, often
- Place for a Saab or a sale
- Delta house?