| clue | word | % Correct |
|---|---|---|
| sale where the highest bidder buys | auction | 91%
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| wanting to kill oneself | suicidal | 86%
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| this letter style | italic | 81%
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| bird of prey | falcon | 80%
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| relating to water (A7) | aquatic | 73%
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| screw up the eyes to try to see more clearly | squint | 71%
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| to find not guilty | acquit | 69%
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| antonym of fact | fiction | 69%
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| of Latin-American descent | Latino | 65%
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| South American capital | Quito | 60%
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| attractively unusual or old-fashioned (Q6) | quaint | 59%
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| converting a company's assets into cash (L11) | liquidation | 58%
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| of the sea (N8) | nautical | 58%
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| to become familiar with (A8) | acquaint | 55%
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| African country | Tunisia | 53%
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| brazenly show off (F6) | flaunt | 51%
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| African country | Sudan | 43%
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| extremely dirty due to poverty (S7) | squalid | 40%
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| person with single-minded zeal (F7) | fanatic | 33%
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| 16-letter word | DISQUALIFICATION | 16%
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| a shambolic messy failure (F6) | fiasco | 16%
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