| 2nd letter | Clue | Answer starting with S | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| E | River in Paris (5) | Seine | 95%
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| A | Winter Olympic venue and Bosnian capital city (8 letters) | Sarajevo | 93%
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| Y | Middle Eastern nation (5) | Syria | 90%
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| P | Country popular for European holidays (5) | Spain | 88%
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| T | The capital of Sweden (9) | Stockholm | 88%
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| I | Italian island (6) | Sicily | 85%
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| L | Central European nation (8) | Slovakia | 85%
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| K | The North Macedonian capital (6) | Skopje | 83%
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| R | Island nation where Colombo is located (8) | Sri Lanka | 83%
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| H | Huge Chinese metropolis (8) | Shanghai | 80%
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| O | Continent (12) | South America | 80%
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| C | Cold region of Europe (11) | Scandinavia | 78%
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| U | Country whose name was formerly Dutch Guyana (8) | Suriname | 78%
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| W | Country where many go to get high (11) | Switzerland | 71%
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| V | Arctic archipelago visible from Scotland, on the road (8) | Svalbard | 54%
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| X | The airport code for Strasbourg (3) | SXB | 54%
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| Q | California Olympic venue, a glen for Indian wives (11) | Squaw Valley | 37%
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| F | Chopper lands at Tunisian city (4) | Sfax | 34%
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| M | W. Russian city that sounds small (8) | Smolensk | 27%
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| Z | Hungarian city, for example, with an ending in the past (6) | Szeged | 24%
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| D | Israeli town in the east, infested by decay (6) | Sderot | 15%
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| J | End falls off wind instrument in Swedish town (5) | Sjöbo | 12%
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| B | One thousand - some have a place in Tunisia (6) | Sbikha | 5%
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| G | Primary umpire/ref's goal confusion in Italy (8) | Sgurgola | 5%
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| N | White stuff has weight, by small town of Colorado (15) | Snowmass Village | 5%
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| S | District of Kampala with a container for two blood groups (9) | Ssabagabo | 2%
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