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Ten Letter Words A-Z #3

These words are all ten letters long, and start with each letter of the alphabet. From the clues, can you work them out?
Also in this series: Eleven, Twelve and Thirteen Letter Words A-Z
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Last updated: February 25, 2016
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clue
word
A
keeps a company's finances in order
accountant
B
charitable, kind
benevolent
C
complicated, intricately involved
convoluted
D
what a province is called, in France
department
E
passion, keenness
enthusiasm
F
often
frequently
G
main stand at a sports ground
grandstand
H
Cohen and Handel both wrote a song with this one-word title
Hallelujah
I
certain to happen
inevitable
J
joy, celebration
jubilation
K
percussion instrument (water-boiling?)
kettledrum
L
engine that pulls a train
locomotive
M
boring
monotonous
 
clue
word
N
1/1,000,000,000th of a second
nanosecond
O
eating both meat and vegetables
omnivorous
P
French-style pastry shop
patisserie
Q
2 is to twin as 5 is to ____
quintuplet
R
Grand Old Party
Republican
S
happening one after another
successive
T
you can channel-surf on one
television
U
fabric that covers sofas
upholstery
V
theatre show with a mixture of acts and styles, popular in early 20th century
vaudeville
W
green fruit (until you cut it open)
watermelon
X
photocopying using dry powder
xerography
Y
game fish with yellow tail fin
yellowtail
Z
of gods in animal form, eg sphinx
zoomorphic
scambigol
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Level 76
Feb 25, 2016
Don't know if I am right but I would have though kind is benevolent and kindly is benevolently... and why didnt I try typing yellowtail?!
TenThousand
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Level 76
Feb 25, 2016
You would expect the -ly suffix to automatically turn a word into an adverb, but, strangely, kind and kindly are often used as synonyms. Have tightened up the clue anyway.
cpgatbyu
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Level 85
Feb 25, 2016
"Sequential: Forming a sequence." (OED) "Sequence: the following of one thing after another in succession." (OED)
TenThousand
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Level 76
Feb 25, 2016
Indeed. Added, thanks.
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