| 2nd letter | Clue | Answer starting with X | % Correct |
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| D | The code for Djibo Airport in Burkina Faso (3) | XDJ | 100%
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| F | The code for Xiangyang Airport in Hubei, China (3) | XFN | 100%
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| A | City of Mozambique located in six airspace sectors (6) | Xai-Xai | 50%
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| B | Take a taxi to this Mexican village (6) | Xbacab | 50%
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| C | Mexican village where banana tuna dish contains secret ingredient (8) | Xcanatún | 50%
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| E | No one is found in a city of Ohio (5) | Xenia | 50%
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| H | Hen (French) of lower energy in Belgian village (11) | Xhendelesse | 50%
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| I | Huge western province of China (8) | Xinjiang | 50%
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| K | Mountain in Panama at which there is a decent bar, with no beer initially, but biscuit is available (8) | Xkókarlu | 50%
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| L | From the heart of the Mendip range, a sea inlet in Malta can be seen (9) | Xlendi Bay | 50%
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| N | Canadian river where Britain stakes its place in the western world (5) | Xnukw | 50%
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| O | U2 singer headed in wrong direction, taking too many drugs in Uzbek town (7) | Xonobod | 50%
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| P | In Mexican town, set up, returning to Juliet in Illinois (6) | Xpujil | 50%
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| Q | Name of an old ranch, lake and dam in Texas, still marked on maps (3) | XQZ | 50%
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| R | Sheep found at a stream in Azerbaijan (4) | Xram | 50%
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| T | Hamlet with a bay in Mexico; also the title of a tale in local folklore about a demonic femme fatale who preys upon men (6) | Xtabay | 50%
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| U | Chinese city with the same suffix as the world's biggest metropolis (6) | Xuzhou | 50%
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| V | The 16th district of Budapest, where Peru's capital is replaced by Kenya's, which is permitted (10) | XVI. kerület | 50%
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| X | District of Bassano del Grappa, Italy, a name which honours the date in April of Liberation Day in World War II (9) | XXV Aprile | 50%
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| Y | Greek town, perhaps where an ex-Cuban president plays his wooden instrument? (10) | Xylókastro | 50%
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| G | Pilgrimage to alternate area of Maltese village (7) | Xgħajra | 0%
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| J | Wheel falls off Ferrari at a Maltese government office (11) | Xjenza Malta | 0%
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| M | Mexican village at edge of sea where Nevis is found (6) | Xmabén | 0%
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| S | Blood, an axe and rope noose found at Canadian river (11) | Xsa Anax Loop | 0%
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| W | The only way to this South African village is along a lane with no beginning (9) | Xwayisane | 0%
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| Z | Pattaya nightlife centre for the Axis in Thailand, eastern place where all sides are equal (11) | Xzyte Square | 0%
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