| 2nd letter | Clue | Answer starting with B | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | English city known for its Roman cleaning facilities (4 letters) | Bath | 97%
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| E | The capital city of China (7) | Beijing | 93%
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| O | American city where a nice cuppa can be enjoyed (6) | Boston | 69%
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| R | Large country, and Terry Gilliam film (6) | Brazil | 66%
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| H | Indian city infamous for the 1984 Union Carbide chemical leak (6) | Bhopal | 59%
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| I | The capital of Kyrgyzstan (7) | Bishkek | 59%
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| U | African country (11) | Burkina Faso | 59%
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| L | Lancashire seaside resort famous for its tower (10) | Blackpool | 52%
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| X | The airport code for Balkhash in Kazakhstan (3) | BXH | 34%
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| F | Code in British army addresses, an abbreviation for a mail building (4) | BFPO | 21%
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| P | Californian mountain, so-called because the name Apex Peak had already been used (8) | Bpex Peak | 17%
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| C | Village in Lebanon charred until one end is wiped out (7) | Bcharré | 10%
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| D | Weird bad mother of Syrian village (5) | Bdama | 10%
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| N | Israeli city where I hit the brake; one end comes detached and finishes right in front of me (8) | Bnei Brak | 10%
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| W | In the morning, graduate phoned; we built a commune in Burundi (13) | Bwambarangwe | 10%
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| S | Beirut suburb where the mail gets mixed up (6) | Bsalim | 10%
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| B | A type of beer served up a hill in Uganda (6) | Bbaale | 7%
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| G | Residential block in Delhi with a number of addresses (3) | BG-3 | 7%
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| J | Swedish place where vole runs back followed by rat with no tail (8) | Bjelovar | 7%
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| K | Lebanese church sheltering jerk with no head - that'll be the end of me (6) | Bkerké | 7%
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| M | The sound of realisation as beam of light arrives at Lebanese village (7) | Bmahray | 7%
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| Q | Area a ticket hawker frequents, in a village of Lebanon (9) | Bqaatouta | 7%
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| T | Lebanese village, for example, has manpower department in the East (9) | Bteghrine | 7%
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| V | Exoskeleton removed in lumbar operation performed in mountain range of E. Zimbabwe (15) | Bvumba Mountains | 7%
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| Y | High-speed boats in Surrey village (7) | Byfleet | 7%
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| Z | Chord and note given copyright in Czech town (6) | Bzenec | 7%
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