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Built comfortable home in street beset by poverty? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

nested

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'built comfortable home' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I can't see how they can define each other.

'street beset by poverty?' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'beset by' indicates putting letters inside ('beset' could historically mean 'cover').
'poverty?' becomes 'need' (need is a kind of poverty).
'st' inserted within 'need' is 'NESTED'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for nested that I've seen before include "Fitted inside one another, say set of tables" , "Of bird, settled in to home" , "Settled in comfortably like bird" , "Settled in cosily like bird" , "Built accommodation in a tree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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