| Clue | Place | % Correct | |
|---|---|---|---|
| B | Himalayan nation whose hub is at Thimphu (6) | Bhutan | 96%
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| I | Turkish metropolis (8) | Istanbul | 92%
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| P | Country with the world's 5th-highest population (8) | Pakistan | 81%
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| K | Mountainous Asian nation (10) | Kyrgyzstan | 77%
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| M | U.S. state (7) | Montana | 77%
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| Y | Mexican peninsula famous for its dinosauric disaster (7) | Yucatan | 77%
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| G | Cuban city with an adjacent American military base (10) | Guantanamo | 73%
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| A | Central Asian city established as a capital (6 letters) | Astana | 69%
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| F | Large LA suburb in the Inland Empire, whose name means "fountain" (7) | Fontana | 46%
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| C | Romanian city ever-present on the Black Sea (9) | Constanța | 38%
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| D | Republic forming a sand gate at Russia's southernmost point (8) | Dagestan | 35%
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| S | Essex site of airport and tests, named after the nearby village (8) | Stansted | 35%
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| O | French region eroded by ice action (9) | Occitanie | 23%
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| T | Area of Asia described as the roof of the world (14) | Tibetan Plateau | 19%
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| V | Air inlet is installed as a solution in a town of Ecuador noted for its windows (8) | Ventanas | 12%
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| E | Farmland town in the Philippines where I take a stance (8) | Estancia | 8%
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| H | A placement in tiny dwelling with a couple of thousand, in a province of the D.R. Congo (11) | Haut-Katanga | 8%
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| N | Run back to Muslim terrorists in Afghan province (8) | Nuristan | 8%
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| Q | Mexican state where one in five children finds a partially-built room (11) | Quintana Roo | 8%
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| U | Underground leader of Brunei assimilates part of you in Salvadorian region (8) | Usulután | 8%
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| X | There's a gain to be made in Chinatown (8) | Xiangtan | 8%
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| Z | Letter written at final building in town of Tibet (6) | Zetang | 8%
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| J | Oriental airline fly into Swiss mountain; reports are that they had an urge to be at their Pakistan destination (14) | Jalalpur Jattan | 4%
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| L | Lost near a mountainous province of Iran (8) | Lorestan | 4%
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| R | A Cambodian province where a blackcurrant drink is no. 1 (10) | Ratanakiri | 4%
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| W | Whisky cookie is eaten in an eastern, strict area of Taguig, a suburb of Manila (14) | Western Bicutan | 4%
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