| Hint | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| Where you can pass through a fence or garden wall, or, where you can board your plane | Gate | 98%
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| Not early. Not on time. | Late | 98%
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| Common table setting. Larger than a saucer but smaller than a platter | Plate | 95%
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| A number on your calendar, or, a social get together with a special someone | Date | 93%
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| One's destiny. Some are sealed | Fate | 88%
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| Extreme dislike | Hate | 88%
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| Specialized footwear that includes roller, inline, ice and hockey varieties | Skate | 88%
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| Germany has 16, Brazil has 26, Mexico has 31 and the USA has 50 | State | 88%
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| First name of actresses Winslet or Hepburn | Kate | 86%
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| A wooden shipping container | Crate | 81%
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| A formal public discussion where opposing arguments are presented on a given topic | Debate | 81%
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| To provide water to crops through ditches or pipes | Irrigate | 81%
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| To focus one's mind for relaxation or spiritual purposes. "Om!" | Meditate | 76%
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| Last name of actress Sharon, a victim of the Manson Family in 1969 | Sharon Tate | 76%
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| To shred, as with cheese, or, to get on someone's nerves | Grate | 74%
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| To annoy or bother | Irritate | 71%
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| One house of the US Congress (and other democracies) | Senate | 71%
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| First name of actress Blanchett | Cate | 69%
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| Your regional weather conditions. Some say the Earth's is changing | Climate | 69%
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| The political scandal that brought down the Nixon administration | Watergate | 69%
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| To murder a politician or other famous person | Assassinate | 67%
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| A spouse, an officer on a merchant ship, that missing sock (and other meanings) | Mate | 67%
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| The top of your head, or, with a French accent, a savory spread made from goose liver | Pate or Pâté | 67%
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| Do this to your walls and attic to keep out the cold air | Insulate | 60%
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| To teach, or to learn | Educate | 55%
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| To give a speech or recitation | Orate | 55%
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| Lucky, or fortuitous | Fortunate | 52%
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| To act as an impartial go-between for two or more opposing parties | Mediate | 48%
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| To stop or end something (perhaps like Arnold Schwarzenegger?) | Terminate | 48%
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| To stretch the truth or overstate the facts | Exaggerate | 40%
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| To create electricity or public interest | Generate | 38%
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| To create an exact copy, or, the exact copy itself | Duplicate | 36%
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| To give off energy in all directions | Radiate | 33%
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| To leave the premises or a position (job) | Vacate | 33%
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| To build something from scratch, or, to tell a lie | Fabricate | 31%
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| To stray from a predetermined course, or, someone who strays from a predetermined course | Deviate | 29%
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| To move like an ocean wave or perhaps like a snake | Undulate | 17%
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