| Initial | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | A person who greatly admires England (10 letters) | Anglophile | 100%
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| C | Offbeat, clearly hip Welsh town which has a cheese named after it (10) | Caerphilly | 50%
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| F | One who loves the nation where Strasbourg is located (11) | Francophile | 50%
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| H | A blood disorder, which occurs almost exclusively in males (10/11) | Haemophilia | 50%
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| J | A big fan of the Asian country based on Honshu (11) | Japanophile | 50%
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| T | A lover of modern inventions and electronic devices (11) | Technophile | 50%
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| V | One interested in the equipment or productions of TV and film, moving images (10) | Videophile | 50%
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| X | A person attracted to that which is foreign (9) | Xenophile | 50%
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| D | Poor quality genus of fruit flies used in many a genetic study (10) | Drosophila | 25%
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| E | An organism that lives under very severe environmental conditions, such as a hot spring or ice cap (12) | Extremophile | 25%
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| M | Some unusual organism which grows at a moderate temperature; has the Greek prefix meaning "middle" (9) | Mesophile | 25%
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| P | The pursuit of wisdom; a subject associated with Plato and Descartes (10) | Philosophy | 25%
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| S | A well-known venereal disease (8) | Syphilis | 25%
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| U | In the direction towards the top of a rise, away from lower ground (6) | Uphill | 25%
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| W | Ex-Cowboys coach whose first name means to walk through a river (12) | Wade Phillips | 25%
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| B | British politician who became Education Secretary in 2024; her name includes a construction for crossing a river, and a child (17) | Bridget Phillipson | 0%
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| G | Order of centipedes whose name comes from the Greek words for earth and a form/shape (14) | Geophilomorpha | 0%
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| I | Protein found in the body's system for combating disease (12) | Immunophilin | 0%
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| K | Mineral whose name begins with the chemical symbols of elements which comprise it, including aluminium, and then a moon of Jupiter (12) | Kaliophilite | 0%
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| L | A family of caddisflies of wetland areas, apparently associated with green citrus fruit, in which there is a northern distribution, a strange idea in the end (13) | Limnephilidae | 0%
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| N | A biblical race of giants whose name appears after "Fields of the" in the name of a 1980s gothic rock band (8) | Nephilim | 0%
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| O | Connoisseur of wine, initially of European native origin (9) | Oenophile | 0%
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| Q | The wife and political adviser of Edward III (13) | Queen Philippa | 0%
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| R | A male person of this type, preferring flowing water (10) | Rheophilic | 0%
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| Y | BBC documentary commemorating the early life of the late Duke of Edinburgh (15) | Young Prince Philip | 0%
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| Z | The pre-marriage name of King Charles' niece, Princess Anne's daughter, whose forename is also a clothes shop (12) | Zara Phillips | 0%
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