| Initial letter | Clue | Answer ending in B | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| O | Mighty river of Russia with a very short name | Ob | 100%
|
| Z | The capital of Croatia | Zagreb | 100%
|
| U | Small Serbian town with an extremely short name | Ub | 93%
|
| H | Likewise, a Swedish pop group should lead you close to this place in Yemen | Habab | 50%
|
| M | Utah city, and ancient biblical kingdom located in what is now Jordan | Moab | 50%
|
| A | Site of a notorious prison in Iraq; an anagram of "Uh big Arab" | Abu Ghraib | 43%
|
| I | Major Syrian city near the Turkish border | Idlib | 43%
|
| T | Suburb of Fort Worth, Texas, whose two-word name means: a prize or cup, and a private members' society | Trophy Club | 43%
|
| F | Town in Tajikistan; begins with the name of one in Portugal | Farob | 36%
|
| J | Fairly large city in S. Somalia which is found in Fiji library | Jilib | 29%
|
| K | Initially, keep up love over badness to find this major Tajik city | Kulob | 29%
|
| P | District capital in central Afghanistan; very similar name to a Pakistani province | Panjab | 29%
|
| W | Word with a different ending gives this Swiss town's name | Worb | 29%
|
| B | German spa town which sounds like a faulty sphere | Bad Orb | 21%
|
| C | Miami suburb named after, and meaning, a golf resort | Country Club | 21%
|
| D | 2-word Texas town; writing a colour backwards will get you close to the answer | De Kalb | 21%
|
| R | Malaysian town with a heart of gold | Raub | 21%
|
| V | Football video check system, and reversed term for Australia, lead to this town and valley north of the Tajik capital | Varzob | 21%
|
| E | Large Algerian town, an anagram of "Bore Hulk" whose 2nd word starts with K | El Khroub | 14%
|
| G | A laugh, a handy container for carrying shopping and a short greeting give the interior letters of this Syrian town's name | Ghabaghib | 14%
|
| Q | Back in a place to buy lamp, leading to the inner part of this Cairo suburb | Qalyub | 14%
|
| S | Pakistani city containing a name of an ancient Sumerian city | Surab | 14%
|
| X | Headless horse sport played in this wadi in Somalia | Xolob | 14%
|
| Y | No becomes Yes in angina, at the centre of this Uzbek place | Yangi-Yab | 14%
|
| L | Going back, I'll cut off and find this Philippines town | Licab | 0%
|
| N | Bread can be modified, and one has a back, in this important Punjab city | Nankana Sahib | 0%
|