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Can you work out what game I am? (My original puzzle):

Head hung low in… (5) - Best card of the deck (3)

Written much by peer and shakes, often read for the love it makes (6) - Certainly not pretty after a car crash (6)

Elegant flower and popular where there is red light (5) - Ferocious flying beast of ancient times (7)

Spins then flies (10) - 10 squared over 10 cubed (7)

Useful after a long walk (8) - Country with much rain and a long reign (7)

Deviating from the norm (8) - Impregnable (4)

A quality of an intelligent mind (9) - ‘Pokemon___Balls’ (6)

Every movie needs one (8) - ‘sickness unto health’, place (8)

Famous child author’s river of ___ (9) - Only a tad icy (5)

Hint 1

The Alphabet order

Hint 2

It is a card game

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Partial answer. The clue refers to:

The first letters of every 2nd question ascend alphabetically. Also worth noting the rhyming connection for pairs 1 and 2 , although 4, 7 and 9 don't seem to follow this pattern.

1

Disgrace / ace

2

Sonnet / bonnet

3

Roses?? / Cyclops

4

Helicopter / decimal

5

? / England

6

Abnormal / Fort

7

Intellect / ...Go Poke?

8

Montages? / Hospital

9

Chocolate / icing?

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  • $\begingroup$ An improvement from the other answer but still mistaken in some areas, you have the alphabet order correct. $\endgroup$
    – Prince Deepthinker
    Dec 9, 2019 at 5:41
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Partials:

Head hung low in… (5)

shame

Best card of the deck (3)

ace

Written much by peer and shakes, often read for the love it makes (6)

poetry

Certainly not pretty after a car crash (6)

fender? (fender bender)

Spins then flies (10)

helicopter

Country with much rain and a long reign (7)

Britain/England, possibly

Deviating from the norm (8)

uncommon/abnormal/atypical/peculiar (i could probably go on :P)

Impregnable (4)

safe

Every movie needs one (8)

director

Only a tad icy (5)

chill? frost?

Not sure what to do with each pair (admittedly I only have one pair)

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  • $\begingroup$ Half correct so far let me add a hint that might make your see your mistakes. $\endgroup$
    – Prince Deepthinker
    Dec 8, 2019 at 4:23
  • $\begingroup$ May I suggest: pair 2 is fbaarg, obaarg $\endgroup$
    – Tommy Jollyboat
    Dec 9, 2019 at 2:07

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