Fits cozily

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Across

  1. 1It may lead to a second opinion
  2. 5Shape-shifters?
  3. 10Shapeless stuff
  4. 14Its flag was solid red with a white elephant
  5. 15Home health risk
  6. 16Athlete posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom
  7. 17One getting in online debates, colloquially
  8. 20Buddhist scripture
  9. 21Like some relations
  10. 22First responder, to many
  11. 24Bit of sliding glass door maintenance
  12. 25Made a fast break?
  13. 27Boorish sorts
  14. 29Duke Ellington's "___ Doll"
  15. 32[Just like that!]
  16. 33Grad. student fellowship funder
  17. 34Pioneering agriculturist Tull
  18. 35"Lemme be straight with you"
  19. 39Turndown?
  20. 40Many a short-term rental
  21. 41___ power trip
  22. 42Endorse virtually
  23. 43The Clintons' White House cat, so named because of its white feet
  24. 45Steered
  25. 46The moon's South Pole-Aitken basin, e.g.
  26. 48Sign above some real estate signs
  27. 50"Map of China" artist
  28. 52Blue-blooded
  29. 55Anti-jaywalking directive
  30. 58Emporium
  31. 59"According to reports ..."
  32. 60Onetime iPod model
  33. 61Closes
  34. 62Fits cozily
  35. 632021 book subtitled "Workers of the World"

Down

  1. 1Doesn't wonder, say
  2. 2Place
  3. 3"Please?" prompt
  4. 4Hair color blending technique
  5. 5Training ___
  6. 6Roman guardian spirit
  7. 7Ones most likely to pay out
  8. 8Pinched pasta shape
  9. 9Traffic problem
  10. 10Step before "bake" in certain recipes
  11. 11Thinking hard, informally
  12. 12Puma or pump
  13. 13Alpaca group
  14. 18Rows
  15. 19Sensitive workplace matters
  16. 23One of 32 in the N.F.L.
  17. 25Stand
  18. 26Messy things to eat in a car
  19. 28Ending with real or social
  20. 30Greek goddess who is the equivalent of the Roman Pax
  21. 31Itinerant one
  22. 34High ___
  23. 36Ottomans, e.g.
  24. 37Hawaiian party settings
  25. 38___ fly
  26. 43Fume
  27. 44"Every bad situation is a blues ___ waiting to happen": Amy Winehouse
  28. 47"Life on the Mississippi" memoirist
  29. 49"___ Doone," R.D. Blackmore romance
  30. 50Crest
  31. 51Modern-day locale of the ancient Parthian Empire
  32. 53When Holy Week falls
  33. 541960s chimp in space
  34. 56Word with hard or high
  35. 57Hesitant sounds

The answer to “Fits cozily” in the New York Times crossword is NESTS — a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 4, 2025, a Friday puzzle, at 62-Across. Below you'll find why that fill fits, every other answer we've recorded for this clue, and links into the puzzle it came from.

“Fits cozily” answer

NESTS (5 letters)

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Why the answer is NESTS

NESTS is the 5-letter solution that fits "Fits cozily" in the NYT Crossword crossword on April 4, 2025 (62-Across). Use the letter tiles above if you'd rather reveal it one letter at a time.

What does NESTS mean?

Reading the plain dictionary sense of NESTS is often the fastest way to see why it answers this clue.

(noun)

  • a structure or place made or chosen by a bird for laying eggs and sheltering its young
  • a place filled with undesirable people, activities, or things
  • a set of similar objects of graduated sizes, made so that each smaller one fits into the next in size for storage

When else has “Fits cozily” appeared?

New York Times reuses clues across dates, sometimes with a different answer depending on the grid. Here's where this exact clue has shown up, and what the answer was each time — handy when you're checking whether today's fill is the only one.

April 4, 2025 (most recent) → NESTS. We haven't indexed another appearance of this exact clue yet.

Frequently asked questions

What is the answer to “Fits cozily”?

The answer is NESTS, a 5-letter word. It most recently appeared in the New York Times crossword on April 4, 2025.

How many letters is the answer to “Fits cozily”?

5 letters: NESTS.

When did this clue appear?

Most recently in the New York Times crossword on April 4, 2025 (a Friday puzzle), at 62-Across.

Can “Fits cozily” have a different answer?

Yes — New York Times sometimes reuses a clue with a different solution to fit the grid. The answers we've recorded for each date it appeared are listed above when available.

Where can I find the rest of this day's NYT Crossword answers?

The full grid for April 4, 2025 is on the NYT Crossword answers page, with every clue and answer from that puzzle.

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