| Initial | Clue | Word | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Emergency worker who deals with burning buildings | Fireman | 88%
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| A | Pilot | Airman | 81%
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| P | Someone obsessed with lighting fires | Pyromaniac | 77%
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| C | Order, instruction given by someone in authority | Command | 69%
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| D | Temporarily inactive, as if sleeping | Dormant | 69%
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| L | One who is not a specialist; the man in the street | Layman | 65%
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| M | Boss | Manager | 65%
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| O | Piece of furniture which is a big container with a lid, with a Turkish name | Ottoman | 65%
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| T | A good luck charm | Talisman | 65%
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| U | Short of staff, manpower | Undermanned | 65%
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| S | Lizard-like amphibian | Salamander | 62%
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| G | Chemical element named after a certain country | Germanium | 58%
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| I | Grass, one who tells the police about criminal activity | Informant | 58%
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| R | Holding an accused person in prison while they await trial | Remand | 58%
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| Y | Old word for a land-owning farmer; also a rank of servant | Yeoman | 58%
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| E | To originate, spread out from, or emit | Emanate | 50%
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| H | Compassionate | Humane | 38%
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| N | Female from a titled family, such as a duchess | Noblewoman | 35%
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| V | What I clearly have, which is an obsession with words | Verbomania | 19%
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| Z | Tropical tree known as the rain tree; only an article needs to be added | Zaman | 19%
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| J | Male-sounding textile worker who puts copper printing shells into machines that print cloth | Jackman | 15%
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| X | The practice of using of wood for divination | Xylomancy | 15%
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| B | The act of pushing a dangerous situation or confrontation to the limit of safety | Brinkmanship | 12%
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| K | Malabar almond tree, a word with a letter added before man, and one after man | Kamani | 8%
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| W | Skill with quizzes like this one; good ability with using language | Wordsmanship | 8%
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| Q | Pertaining to primates excluding man considered as a group, distinguished by hand-shaped feet; meaning "four-handed" | Quadrumanal | 4%
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