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The Clue

Brooding hens (7 letter answer)

The Answer

SITTERS

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Notes

The answer SITTERS is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 2100 puzzles.

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Definition

SITTER as a noun:

1. (Sitter, Willem de Sitter) = Dutch astronomer who calculated the size of the universe and suggested that it is expanding (1872-1934)
2. an organism (person or animal) that sits
3. (babysitter, baby-sitter, sitter) = a person engaged to care for children when the parents are not home
4. (artist's model, sitter) = a person who poses for a painter or sculptor
5. (brood hen, broody, broody hen, setting hen, sitter) = a domestic hen ready to brood