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Nests, as seen across one of the Great Lakes (6)

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I believe the answer is:

aeries

'nests' is the definition.
(aerie is a kind of nest)

'as seen across one of the great lakes' is the wordplay.
'seen across' is an insertion indicator.
'one of the great lakes' becomes 'erie' (I've seen this in another clue).
'as' going around 'erie' is 'AERIES'.

(Another definition for aeries that I've seen is " mountaintop homes".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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