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ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT (3_10_5_3) 22 hours from now Zimodo

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Contest Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted
≥ (1) Greater than or equal to around four (1) IV rotated 6 days, 2 hours ago
CASSOWARY (9) California is very watchful for bird (9) CA'S SO WARY 6 days, 11 hours ago
PIPIT (5) Birdseed has endless seed (5) PI(PI[-t])T = "bird"
the clever trick of having no space between the definition and wordplay
6 days, 11 hours ago

Past Contests

Contest Winning Clue Explanation (hover) Submitted By
≥ (1) (ended 2 days, 6 hours ago) Greater than or equal to around four (1) IV rotated Polaris
CASSOWARY (9) (ended 4 days, 9 hours ago) California is very watchful for bird (9) CA'S SO WARY Polaris
PIPIT (5) (ended 4 days, 9 hours ago) Spot it? It's a bird (5) PIP + IT biocuriousgeorgie
WARBLER (7) (ended 4 days, 10 hours ago) In Western, quarrel/brawl/spar/row's New World relative (7) _WARB LER_< (definition involves elision: the New World sparrow family is in the same superfamily as the New World warbler family) AuLeaf
ANY HTTP STATUS CODE (?) (ended 5 days, 16 hours ago) 418 One buddy, one kitty (1'1 1 6) I+MATE+A+POT ("kitty" as in pool of money)
418 I'm a teapot
Polaris
BAUBLE (6) (ended 6 days, 10 hours ago) Robert will read aloud for trinket (6) sounds like "Bob'll"
I like the ambiguity of "read" as both future and past tense here
Polaris
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