| 2nd letter | Clue | Answer starting with A | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| F | Continent (6) | Africa | 100%
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| R | The 8th-biggest country (9) | Argentina | 95%
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| U | Country in the Alps (7) | Austria | 95%
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| N | Micro-nation in the Pyrenees mountains (7) | Andorra | 91%
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| P | Samoan capital which is one of a kind (4) | Apia | 91%
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| T | Olympic venue and the state capital of Georgia, USA (7) | Atlanta | 91%
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| Z | Nation on the Caspian Sea (10) | Azerbaijan | 91%
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| C | Final magic for a Ghanaian capital (5) | Accra | 88%
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| G | Raj incomplete at the site of the Taj Mahal (4) | Agra | 86%
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| V | French city which used to be the seat of the Pope (7) | Avignon | 77%
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| D | A lion's lair found in city of Yemen (4) | Aden | 74%
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| E | Empty Scottish forest (2) | Ae | 72%
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| S | A sheep goes back into capital city of Eritrea (6) | Asmara | 72%
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| H | Large Indian city named after a bad sultan (9) | Ahmedabad | 70%
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| A | Ancient German city where a hen travels at the speed of light (6 letters) | Aachen | 63%
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| J | Corsican town where nothing is heard with the big boss (7) | Ajaccio | 63%
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| Y | County town on the Scottish west coast (3) | Ayr | 58%
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| B | An offer in midwinter to go to Ivorian metropolis (7) | Abidjan | 56%
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| O | She stays in Italy, in an Alpine region (5) | Aosta | 42%
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| Q | A bishop seen in a gulf of the Red Sea (5) | Aqaba | 40%
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| I | Town in French region in the south where you can get some rays (13) | Aix-en-Provence | 35%
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| M | Luxury hotel with unfinished art, at city of Golden Temple in India (8) | Amritsar | 33%
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| K | Carrot iris holds the key to RAF base in Cyprus (8) | Akrotiri | 30%
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| L | This should be easy to get; it's only a Dutch city on a lake (6) | Almere | 30%
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| X | Devon town, with a major church, noted for its carpets (9) | Axminster | 28%
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| W | Town in South Sudan where ill people are hidden (5) | Aweil | 7%
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