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4 results for BIRDBRAIN from Modern Era puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Mon Jun 16, 2014	21A	*Dodo	Bruce Haight	Shortz
Fri Dec 19, 2008	1A	Ding-dong	Natan Last	Shortz
Tue Aug 14, 2007	27A	Doofus	C. W. Stewart	Shortz
Sun Apr 25, 2004	105D	Pinhead	Elizabeth C. Gorski	Shortz

2 results for BIRDBRAIN from pre-Shortz puzzles:

Date	Grid	Clue	Author	Editor
Sat Oct 7, 1972	3D	Nitwit	Unknown	Weng
Thu Feb 21, 1963	35D	Flighty, thoughtless one.	Jan and Mike Dubin	Farrar

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