| Hint | Letters | Answer | % Correct |
|---|---|---|---|
| TV program having multiple episodes and a continuing story | 6 | Series | 89%
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| Trousers that end at or above the knee | 6 | Shorts | 87%
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| International distress signal | 3 | SOS | 86%
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| Roomy | 8 | Spacious | 82%
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| Ancient Greek philosopher | 8 | Socrates | 81%
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| State of mental or emotional strain or anxiety | 6 | Stress | 81%
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| Taxonomic group | 7 | Species | 73%
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| Protective clothing worn by surgeons | 6 | Scrubs | 70%
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| Native of Zurich | 5 | Swiss | 70%
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| Accomplishment of an aim or purpose | 7 | Success | 69%
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| Without a backbone | 9 | Spineless | 68%
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| Chocolate bar made by the Mars company | 8 | Snickers | 65%
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| Something that remains above what is used or needed | 7 | Surplus | 65%
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| Austrian composer of waltzes | 7 | Strauss | 63%
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| American author of childrens' books | 5 | Seuss | 61%
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| Exceed; do something to a greater degree | 7 | Surpass | 61%
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| Special forces unit of the British Army | 3 | SAS | 59%
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| Having a cautious distrust; questionable | 10 | Suspicious | 59%
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| Mutually beneficial relationship between two different species | 9 | Symbiosis | 58%
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| Famous auction house | 8 | Sothebys | 47%
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| Gland in the skin that secretes oil | 8 | Sebaceous | 45%
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| Herbivorous dinosaur with a row of bony plates along its back | 11 | Stegosaurus | 44%
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| Dialect of English used in the Lowlands of Scotland | 5 | Scots | 43%
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| Fund of money put by as a reserve | 7 | Savings | 42%
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| Temporarily incapable of speaking | 10 | Speechless | 40%
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| Contents of a curriculum | 8 | Syllabus | 40%
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| Impudence | 4 | Sass | 39%
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| Of great consequence; not trivial | 7 | Serious | 39%
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| Air-filled cavity in the bones of the skull | 5 | SInus | 39%
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| Respiratory disease | 4 | SARS | 38%
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| Meaning the same or nearly the same | 10 | Synonymous | 38%
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| Strong alcoholic spirit from Germany | 8 | Schnapps | 33%
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| Large dark low cloud | 7 | Stratus | 33%
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| Bowling game played by rolling a ball at nine wooden pins | 8 | Skittles | 31%
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| Needle for reproducing the sounds of a phonograph record | 6 | Stylus | 31%
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| Disgraceful; shameful or shocking | 10 | Scandalous | 25%
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| Small pruning shears | 9 | Secateurs | 25%
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| Variant of rugby union where the teams are smaller than usual | 6 | Sevens | 25%
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| Having no definite form | 9 | Shapeless | 25%
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| Popular seaside resort in Lincolnshire, England | 8 | Skegness | 19%
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| Something that incites an action | 8 | Stimulus | 18%
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| Situation at a particular time during a process | 6 | Status | 16%
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| Slang for a surgeon | 7 | Sawbones | 14%
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| Reduce the incidence or severity of something | 8 | Suppress | 6%
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| State of total disorder | 8 | Shambles | 5%
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| Ancient city of Cyprus | 7 | Salamis | 0%
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| Conducive to health; wholesome | 9 | Salubrious | 0%
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| Astronomical unit of just under 19 years | 5 | Saros | 0%
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| Collection of small fragments considered as a whole | 11 | Smithereens | 0%
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| Narrowing of a bodily passage or vessel | 8 | Stenosis | 0%
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