Good person in shortage made home (6)
I believe the answer is:
nested
'made home' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with fundamental existence as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'good person in shortage' is the wordplay.
'good person' becomes 'st' (saint).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'shortage' becomes 'need' (I've seen this in another clue).
'st' going into 'need' is 'NESTED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for nested that I've seen before include "Inhabited an egg-laying place" , "Built a home" , "Settle in comfortably like a bird" , "Fitted inside one another, say set of tables" , "Of bird, settled in to home" .)