| Hint | Letters | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devoid of life | 4 | Dead | 97%
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| Document showing the legal right of ownership of a property | 4 | Deed | 93%
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| Michelangelo's famous sculpture | 5 | David | 89%
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| Fearful anticipation | 5 | Dread | 86%
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| Request urgently and forcefully | 6 | Demand | 85%
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| Go down | 7 | Descend | 85%
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| Hated | 8 | Detested | 85%
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| Celtic priest | 5 | Druid | 85%
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| Gemstone | 7 | Diamond | 81%
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| Payment distributed to a company's shareholders | 8 | Dividend | 79%
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| Rely on something | 6 | Depend | 78%
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| Beaten, not victorious | 8 | Defeated | 77%
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| Resist an attack | 6 | Defend | 71%
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| Greatly pleased | 9 | Delighted | 70%
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| Robotic machine | 5 | Droid | 66%
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| Instrument panel in an automobile | 9 | Dashboard | 64%
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| Lack of agreement or harmony | 7 | Discord | 63%
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| Person who is part mortal and part god | 7 | Demigod | 62%
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| Water from which salt has been removed | 11 | Desalinated | 58%
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| Triangular muscle covering the shoulder joint | 7 | Deltoid | 57%
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| Strongly motivated to achieve something | 10 | Determined | 57%
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| Completely lacking | 6 | Devoid | 57%
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| Timber floating or washed ashore | 9 | Driftwood | 47%
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| Place where ships are built and repaired | 8 | Dockyard | 46%
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| Condemned to eternal punishment | 6 | Damned | 40%
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| Sent in a different direction from the planned one | 8 | Diverted | 38%
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| Dispose of something that is no longer useful | 7 | Discard | 35%
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| Nymph of the woods | 5 | Dryad | 27%
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| Removal of faded or dying flowers from a plant | 8 | Deadhead | 23%
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| Be temporarily blinded by a bright light | 7 | Dazzled | 18%
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| Restricted to working in an office | 9 | Deskbound | 16%
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| Tree of the genus Cornus which has hard tough wood | 7 | Dogwood | 16%
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| Crustacean, typically with ten 'legs' | 7 | Decapod | 15%
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| Twisted out of shape | 9 | Distorted | 15%
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| Someone who adheres to traditional views | 7 | Diehard | 9%
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| Small aquatic plant that floats on the surface of ponds | 8 | Duckweed | 9%
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| Tax in Anglo-Saxon times paid to Viking invaders | 8 | Danegeld | 7%
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| Retractable keel used on some small sailing craft | 11 | Daggerboard | 6%
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| Old person, especially one who is weak and confused | 6 | Dotard | 6%
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| County in Wales | 5 | Dyfed | 5%
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