| Initial | Clue | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| H | Provide water to | Hydrate | 100%
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| K | Chinese martial art | Karate | 86%
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| A | Get faster | Accelerate | 71%
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| G | Kitchen tool for making cheese or carrot into tiny strips | Grater | 71%
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| I | Angry | Irate | 71%
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| L | Free | Liberate | 71%
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| N | Chemical compound with formula NO₃⁻ | Nitrate | 71%
|
| O | Consumed too much food | Overate | 71%
|
| P | Swashbuckling raider of the high seas | Pirate | 71%
|
| X | Not to be shown to children | X-rated | 71%
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| E | Alien; not from Earth | Extraterrestrial | 57%
|
| V | Subphylum of animals with a spinal column and cranium | Vertebrate | 57%
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| B | Class of depressant drugs which are produced from a true rabbit | Barbiturate | 43%
|
| R | Echo | Reverberate | 43%
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| T | Put up with | Tolerate | 43%
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| U | Surprisingly good, better than people give credit for | Underrated | 29%
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| W | Taxes paid for the liquid that comes out of taps | Water rates | 29%
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| D | To decline, deteriorate | Degenerate | 14%
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| F | Rub shoulders, socialise | Fraternise | 14%
|
| M | Part of the uterus of a flatworm, a word originating from an R.E.M. matter | Metraterm | 14%
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| Q | A group of four powerful or notable people | Quadrumvirate | 14%
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| S | Chemical test area which has exploded | Stearate | 14%
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| Y | Substance used for crystals in lasers, with formula Yb₂₆B₁₂O₅₇ | Ytterbium oxyborate | 14%
|
| Z | Town found at both ends of Argentina | Zárate | 14%
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| C | Tactic or plan for turning the tables on an enemy | Counterstrategy | 0%
|
| J | A course of study for candidates for the priesthood | Juniorate | 0%
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