| 2nd letter | Clue | Answer starting with Z | % Correct |
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| A | Country formerly called Northern Rhodesia (6 letters) | Zambia | 100%
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| I | Country once ruled by Robert Mugabe (8) | Zimbabwe | 100%
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| H | Chinese city with English foundations for houses (9) | Zhengzhou | 44%
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| O | Obtain business degree from city in Malawi (5) | Zomba | 44%
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| E | Cain found wandering in city of Bosnia (6) | Zenica | 22%
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| F | Weather is reasonably good at Lebanese mountain, Dahret ez ___ (7) | Zfaïrât | 22%
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| G | Turning cogs heard in Polish town (6) | Zgierz | 22%
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| J | At the summit of a hill in Slovenia (4) | Zjat | 22%
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| L | Libyan city where this quiz-maker goes on X (6) | Zliten | 22%
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| M | Parallel bars demonstration ends in a win in Ukrainian town (5) | Zmiiv | 22%
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| W | Rude, chaotic Liberian town (6) | Zwedru | 22%
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| Y | Moscow district where submachine gun is firmly rejected (7) | Zyuzino | 22%
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| Z | Ugandan village in India is the destination for medallion-wearing tough guy (5) | Zziba | 22%
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| B | Bosnian village where part of florist enterprise is found (8) | Zborište | 11%
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| K | Czech forest where we observe the last word in the Spanish year, a twisted maze with a dark ending (14) | Zkamenělý Zámek | 11%
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| N | Czech town where Simpson visits barman who serves Duff beer (6) | Znojmo | 11%
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| R | Engine noise heard around an urban area in Serbia (9) | Zrenjanin | 11%
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| S | German village containing desert land, a river, and a wild donkey (10) | Zschadrass | 11%
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| U | No and yes are equally valid in this one Chinese city (5) | Zunyi | 11%
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| V | Town in Zimbabwe with kind of a wind direction indicator (10) | Zvishavane | 11%
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| C | Easy mountain almost completed by the morning, in Algerian district (7) | Zchilam | 0%
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| D | Polish town, not small, with 1,000 area and a low back (11) | Zduńska Wola | 0%
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| P | Eve's divided about New York - a place that's very rich, I have to leave Czech summit (10) | Zpěvný vrch | 0%
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| Q | A question for Latino, with an answer at the end of a Moroccan track (10) | Zqaq Romane | 0%
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| T | A run in neutral up a Czech hill (8) | Ztracená | 0%
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| X | First street revealing part of a granular approach to one building in St.-Jean-de-Luz (10) | Zxistulari | 0%
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