| 2nd letter | Clue | Answer starting with N | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| A | Tiny Pacific island nation (5 letters) | Nauru | 100%
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| E | U.S. state (9) | New Mexico | 63%
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| I | Country where you might wash your car with water (9) | Nicaragua | 50%
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| O | Nation which shows the right way to go (6) | Norway | 46%
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| G | The capital of Palau that will lure you back in with dirt (9) | Ngerulmud | 33%
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| C | Prompt supply of snooker implement at village in Equatorial Guinea (4) | Ncue | 25%
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| D | Nothing in Los Angeles prepares you for a trip to a city of Zambia (5) | Ndola | 21%
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| U | Warwickshire town where a holy lady may be devoured (8) | Nuneaton | 13%
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| Y | Regional capital city in the style of South Darfur (5) | Nyala | 13%
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| B | Mauritanian town where Ikea is in a terrible condition (6) | Nbeïka | 8%
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| J | Major Ugandan town who have never played in Peru (5) | Njeru | 8%
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| P | Yankwa ____, hill in Vanuatu where the end of a Bond film is set (6) | Npaker | 8%
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| F | Uniform of Cowboys defender Smith thrown into stream in Angola (7) | Nfumazi | 4%
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| H | West African capital with city centre destroyed forms part of built-up area in Guinea-Bissau (6) | Nhacra | 4%
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| K | Discover a secret truth during a year in Congolese city (5) | Nkayi | 4%
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| M | Tentacled creatures, not caught in time, are found up hill in South Sudan (8) | Nmoropus | 4%
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| N | Chewing away at the fringes of Nigerian city (5) | Nnewi | 4%
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| T | Place a person in their grave in large town of Gabon (5) | Ntoum | 4%
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| V | Lounging in the centre of Angolan river (6) | Nvungi | 4%
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| Z | Major city of Guinea, but there's no room at the inn here - it's alright to come back with the end of a Christmas cracker (9) | Nzérékoré | 4%
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| L | Canadian mountain known under another name (9) | Nlaka Peak | 0%
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| Q | Some thing to produce in western village of South Africa (8) | Nqamakwe | 0%
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| R | From neighbourhood of Bangalore, you take a route which leaves Hungarian shattered by the end; I leave, winning the silver (16) | Nrupathunga Nagar | 0%
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| S | In Malawi, I go after an urbanised area in the south (6) | Nsanje | 0%
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| W | Ugandan district where blood group and chromosome info are essential (5) | Nwoya | 0%
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| X | A number return to a northern salt pan and national park in Botswana (7) | Nxai Pan | 0%
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