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Like Eggs In Nests And Carpet On Floors Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is LAID which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is: LAID

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199%4Exact Match!
232%7 It lays its eggs in others' nests
332%6 Bird which lays eggs in others' nests

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "LAID" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Set down according to a plan
  • adjective
  • • (of paper) marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
  • verb
  • • To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
  • • To cause to subside or abate.
  • • To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
  • • To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
  • • To produce and deposit an egg.
  • • To bet (that something is or is not the case).
  • • To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
  • • To have sex with.
  • • To take a position; to come or go.
  • • To state; to allege.
  • • To point; to aim.
  • • (ropemaking) to put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
  • • To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
  • • To place (new type) properly in the cases.
  • • To apply; to put.
  • • To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
  • • To impute; to charge; to allege.
  • • To present or offer.
  • • To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

An example sentence would be:

  • • "She laid her coat on the chair."
  • • "He laid the book down on the table."

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