Making a home points to pain (7)

I believe the answer is:

nesting

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'making a home' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'points to pain' is the wordplay.
'points' becomes 'ne' (North and East).
'to pain' becomes 'sting' (sting is a kind of pain).
'ne'+'sting'='NESTING'

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(Another definition for nesting that I've seen is " (Of birds) building a home".)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.

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