{
  "locale": "en",
  "theme": "british_american_english",
  "title": "British & American English",
  "subtitle": "Two Countries, One Language, Rather Too Many Names",
  "description": "Translate British words into American answers across 200 vocabulary and spelling contrasts. The clues offer a cheeky British view of American naming habits; each explanation gives only the British equivalent.",
  "rules": [
    "Every answer uses the selected American word, phrase or spelling. Each explanation contains only its British counterpart.",
    "The list contains 160 vocabulary pairs and 40 spelling pairs. Use the specific sense stated in the clue; some expressions and spellings are used in both countries.",
    "If several American synonyms fit, use the entry in this word list that matches the number of squares. Singulars, plurals and verb senses follow the entries.",
    "The clues use dry British humour to tease American naming and spelling.",
    "Omit spaces, hyphens, apostrophes and other punctuation in the grid. US brand names Jell-O and Popsicle and the initials RV are included as shown.",
    "Answers longer than nine letters remain in the word list but do not fit a 9×9 puzzle."
  ],
  "words": [
    {
      "answer": "EYEGLASSES",
      "display": "Eyeglasses",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Spectacles, for Americans who apparently need instructions about where to wear them.",
      "explanation": "spectacles"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PANTS",
      "display": "Pants",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Trousers: America gives them a name that makes British laundry rather awkward.",
      "explanation": "trousers"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PANTIES",
      "display": "Panties",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Knickers, renamed across the pond as though grown-up underwear needed a nursery nickname.",
      "explanation": "knickers"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SNEAKERS",
      "display": "Sneakers",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Trainers: America names its footwear after creeping about, rather than taking exercise.",
      "explanation": "trainers"
    },
    {
      "answer": "VEST",
      "display": "Vest",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A waistcoat for a suit; America has apparently misplaced the bit about the waist.",
      "explanation": "waistcoat"
    },
    {
      "answer": "UNDERSHIRT",
      "display": "Undershirt",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A vest beneath one's clothes; America insists on announcing the layer.",
      "explanation": "vest"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SUSPENDERS",
      "display": "Suspenders",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Braces that hold trousers up; Americans prefer to sound as though they are hanging someone.",
      "explanation": "braces"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GARTERS",
      "display": "Garters",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Suspenders that hold stockings up; America has changed the wardrobe password again.",
      "explanation": "suspenders"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SWEATER",
      "display": "Sweater",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A jumper, renamed in America after what happens when one overheats in it.",
      "explanation": "jumper"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BATHROBE",
      "display": "Bathrobe",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A dressing gown; America appears to think one must have a bath before wearing it.",
      "explanation": "dressing gown"
    },
    {
      "answer": "OVERALLS",
      "display": "Overalls",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Dungarees, given an American name that promises rather more coverage than they provide.",
      "explanation": "dungarees"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COVERALLS",
      "display": "Coveralls",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A boiler suit; America has promoted this garment into a total-coverage manifesto.",
      "explanation": "boiler suit"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DIAPER",
      "display": "Diaper",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A nappy, with an American name that sounds far too dignified for the contents.",
      "explanation": "nappy"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PACIFIER",
      "display": "Pacifier",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A baby's dummy; America gives this little plug the job title of a peace negotiator.",
      "explanation": "dummy"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BANGS",
      "display": "Bangs",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A fringe over the forehead; America describes a haircut as though it were an explosion.",
      "explanation": "fringe"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BARRETTE",
      "display": "Barrette",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A hair slide; America dresses the little clip in a rather grand borrowed name.",
      "explanation": "hair slide"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BOBBYPIN",
      "display": "Bobby pin",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A hair grip; Americans apparently expect a chap called Bobby to hold it in place.",
      "explanation": "hair grip"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PURSE",
      "display": "Purse",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A handbag for carrying belongings; America has made the container sound like the coin holder.",
      "explanation": "handbag"
    },
    {
      "answer": "POCKETBOOK",
      "display": "Pocketbook",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Another US name for a handbag; apparently even one's accessories must pretend to be literature.",
      "explanation": "handbag"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ZIPPER",
      "display": "Zipper",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A zip; America adds a syllable, lest fastening one's trousers seem insufficiently complicated.",
      "explanation": "zip"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FANNYPACK",
      "display": "Fanny pack",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A bum bag; America's chosen anatomy makes this accessory especially alarming to British ears.",
      "explanation": "bum bag"
    },
    {
      "answer": "APARTMENT",
      "display": "Apartment",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A flat; America requires a grander name before agreeing to live upstairs.",
      "explanation": "flat"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ROWHOUSE",
      "display": "Row house",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A terraced house; America needs the line of neighbours described before moving in.",
      "explanation": "terraced house"
    },
    {
      "answer": "YARD",
      "display": "Yard",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "The garden around a house; America's name makes it sound like somewhere to stack pallets.",
      "explanation": "garden"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FAUCET",
      "display": "Faucet",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A tap; America cannot apparently obtain water without a fancier plumbing vocabulary.",
      "explanation": "tap"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TRASH",
      "display": "Trash",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Rubbish thrown away; America supplies a word that sounds suitably offended by its own leftovers.",
      "explanation": "rubbish"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TRASHCAN",
      "display": "Trash can",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A rubbish bin; America must announce both the contents and the container before throwing anything away.",
      "explanation": "rubbish bin"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GARBAGETRUCK",
      "display": "Garbage truck",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A dustcart; America advertises the load as though anyone needed persuading to avoid it.",
      "explanation": "dustcart"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DUMPSTER",
      "display": "Dumpster",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A large skip for waste; America gives it a name worthy of a monster behind a supermarket.",
      "explanation": "skip"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TRASHBAG",
      "display": "Trash bag",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A bin bag; America labels the contents before they have even gone inside.",
      "explanation": "bin bag"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CLOSET",
      "display": "Closet",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A built-in wardrobe; Americans make storing clothes sound like hiding a state secret.",
      "explanation": "wardrobe"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DRAPES",
      "display": "Drapes",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Heavy curtains; America calls them what they do when hung, as if the window were not a clue.",
      "explanation": "curtains"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COMFORTER",
      "display": "Comforter",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A quilt for the bed; America's name suggests the bedding should offer emotional counselling.",
      "explanation": "quilt"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DISHTOWEL",
      "display": "Dish towel",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A tea towel; America refuses to let even a kitchen cloth enjoy a civilised beverage.",
      "explanation": "tea towel"
    },
    {
      "answer": "WASHCLOTH",
      "display": "Washcloth",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A flannel for washing the face; America must print the washing instructions in the noun.",
      "explanation": "flannel"
    },
    {
      "answer": "STOVE",
      "display": "Stove",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A cooker in the kitchen; America borrows a name that also belongs to a room-heating appliance.",
      "explanation": "cooker"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BROILER",
      "display": "Broiler",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "The grill in an oven; America apparently needs a different word for heat from above.",
      "explanation": "grill"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BURNER",
      "display": "Burner",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A hob ring used for cooking; America names it after the obvious consequence of touching it.",
      "explanation": "hob ring"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COUNTERTOP",
      "display": "Countertop",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A kitchen worktop; America makes the surface sound like a minor achievement in arithmetic.",
      "explanation": "worktop"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BASEBOARD",
      "display": "Baseboard",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A skirting board along a wall; America gives this trim a name with all the charm of a spreadsheet.",
      "explanation": "skirting board"
    },
    {
      "answer": "OUTLET",
      "display": "Outlet",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "An electrical socket; America describes the electricity's exit rather than the plug's destination.",
      "explanation": "socket"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FLASHLIGHT",
      "display": "Flashlight",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A torch; America apparently needs reminding that the little cylinder produces light.",
      "explanation": "torch"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CELLPHONE",
      "display": "Cell phone",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A mobile phone; America gives a portable gadget a name that suggests imprisonment.",
      "explanation": "mobile phone"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ANSWERINGMACHINE",
      "display": "Answering machine",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "An answerphone; America makes the small recorder sound like an industrial installation.",
      "explanation": "answerphone"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COT",
      "display": "Cot",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A camp bed; America borrows a British baby's sleeping place for the adult version.",
      "explanation": "camp bed"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CRIB",
      "display": "Crib",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A baby's cot; America chooses a word that also suggests copying someone else's homework.",
      "explanation": "cot"
    },
    {
      "answer": "EGGPLANT",
      "display": "Eggplant",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "An aubergine, inexplicably mistaken for an egg by Americans.",
      "explanation": "aubergine"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ZUCCHINI",
      "display": "Zucchini",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A courgette; America imports a different foreign word and calls that independence.",
      "explanation": "courgette"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ARUGULA",
      "display": "Arugula",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Rocket leaves in a salad; America rejects a perfectly good space-age vegetable name.",
      "explanation": "rocket"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CILANTRO",
      "display": "Cilantro",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Fresh coriander leaves; Americans insist on a second name before putting them on dinner.",
      "explanation": "coriander"
    },
    {
      "answer": "RUTABAGA",
      "display": "Rutabaga",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A swede, the root vegetable; America gives a humble winter mash an operatic name.",
      "explanation": "swede"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SCALLION",
      "display": "Scallion",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A spring onion; America finds a grander way to name an onion that has barely started.",
      "explanation": "spring onion"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SNOWPEA",
      "display": "Snow pea",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Flat-podded mangetout; America names a green vegetable after weather rather than saying eat the lot.",
      "explanation": "mangetout"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BEET",
      "display": "Beet",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Beetroot; America removes the part that tells us which bit has been dug up.",
      "explanation": "beetroot"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FAVABEAN",
      "display": "Fava bean",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A broad bean; America imports a new label for a vegetable already wide enough to be noticed.",
      "explanation": "broad bean"
    },
    {
      "answer": "NAVYBEAN",
      "display": "Navy bean",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A small white haricot bean; America seems to have enlisted it before making soup.",
      "explanation": "haricot bean"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GROUNDBEEF",
      "display": "Ground beef",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Beef mince; America explains the grinding process as though the cow had been a geography lesson.",
      "explanation": "beef mince"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GROUNDMEAT",
      "display": "Ground meat",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Mince; America insists on describing both the machinery's work and its victim.",
      "explanation": "mince"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FRENCHFRIES",
      "display": "French fries",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Chips cut thin and fried; America blames France for what it orders with everything.",
      "explanation": "chips"
    },
    {
      "answer": "POTATOCHIPS",
      "display": "Potato chips",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Crisps; America borrows Britain's hot-potato word and then has to name the vegetable again.",
      "explanation": "crisps"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COOKIE",
      "display": "Cookie",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A sweet biscuit; America gives this tea companion a new name and forgets the tea.",
      "explanation": "biscuit"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CANDY",
      "display": "Candy",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Sweets; America apparently finds the ordinary adjective too informative to keep.",
      "explanation": "sweets"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COTTONCANDY",
      "display": "Cotton candy",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Candyfloss; America pretends spun sugar belongs in the textile department.",
      "explanation": "candyfloss"
    },
    {
      "answer": "POPSICLE",
      "display": "Popsicle",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "An ice lolly; America's popular trade-name version sounds like a small frozen catastrophe.",
      "explanation": "ice lolly"
    },
    {
      "answer": "JELLO",
      "display": "Jell-O",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Fruit-flavoured jelly, sold under a familiar US brand; America requires a trademark to make it wobble.",
      "explanation": "jelly"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MOLASSES",
      "display": "Molasses",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Dark treacle; America gives the sticky syrup a word that sounds even slower to pour.",
      "explanation": "treacle"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CORNSTARCH",
      "display": "Cornstarch",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Cornflour for thickening sauces; America must specify its chemical job before dinner can proceed.",
      "explanation": "cornflour"
    },
    {
      "answer": "POWDEREDSUGAR",
      "display": "Powdered sugar",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Icing sugar; America labels the powder and forgets the cake it was meant to decorate.",
      "explanation": "icing sugar"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SUPERFINESUGAR",
      "display": "Superfine sugar",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Caster sugar; America makes a small grain sound as though it has won a beauty contest.",
      "explanation": "caster sugar"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CONFECTIONERSSUGAR",
      "display": "Confectioners' sugar",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Another US name for icing sugar; apparently decorating a cake requires professional credentials.",
      "explanation": "icing sugar"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BAKINGSODA",
      "display": "Baking soda",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Bicarbonate of soda; America chops the chemistry down to something it can put on a box.",
      "explanation": "bicarbonate of soda"
    },
    {
      "answer": "OATMEAL",
      "display": "Oatmeal",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Porridge made from oats; America names the ingredient and forgets breakfast's actual personality.",
      "explanation": "porridge"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TAKEOUT",
      "display": "Takeout",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A takeaway meal; America issues a brisk instruction rather than admitting it has avoided cooking.",
      "explanation": "takeaway"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TOGO",
      "display": "To go",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "To take away, said when ordering food; America turns dinner into a departure command.",
      "explanation": "to take away"
    },
    {
      "answer": "APPETIZER",
      "display": "Appetizer",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A starter before the main course; America gives the little dish an unnecessarily ambitious job description.",
      "explanation": "starter"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ENTREE",
      "display": "Entree",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "The main course; America's borrowed French word has wandered well past the entrance.",
      "explanation": "main course"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DESSERT",
      "display": "Dessert",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Pudding as the sweet course; America apparently needs a different word to escape eating its greens.",
      "explanation": "pudding"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CHECK",
      "display": "Check",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "The bill after a restaurant meal; America asks for an inspection when the damage is already done.",
      "explanation": "bill"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GRILLEDCHEESE",
      "display": "Grilled cheese",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A cheese toastie; America describes the cooking and cheese but leaves the bread to our imagination.",
      "explanation": "cheese toastie"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SILVERWARE",
      "display": "Silverware",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "Cutlery at the table; America makes even stainless-steel utensils sound like inherited treasure.",
      "explanation": "cutlery"
    },
    {
      "answer": "LIQUOR",
      "display": "Liquor",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Spirits such as whisky; America chooses a word that sounds less haunted but no more sober.",
      "explanation": "spirits"
    },
    {
      "answer": "LIQUORSTORE",
      "display": "Liquor store",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "An off-licence; America needs the stock announced before buying the evening's bad decisions.",
      "explanation": "off-licence"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PITCHER",
      "display": "Pitcher",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A jug for serving drinks; America apparently thinks the vessel should be throwing something.",
      "explanation": "jug"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SIDEWALK",
      "display": "Sidewalk",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A pavement, renamed by Americans who need reminding which side to walk on.",
      "explanation": "pavement"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CROSSWALK",
      "display": "Crosswalk",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A pedestrian crossing; America reduces road safety to a small two-part instruction.",
      "explanation": "pedestrian crossing"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CROSSINGGUARD",
      "display": "Crossing guard",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A lollipop person helping children across the road; America removes the only cheerful bit of the job.",
      "explanation": "lollipop person"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FREEWAY",
      "display": "Freeway",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A motorway without tolls; America advertises the price before mentioning the traffic.",
      "explanation": "motorway"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TURNPIKE",
      "display": "Turnpike",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A toll motorway; America gives a paid road a name left over from barriers and spikes.",
      "explanation": "toll motorway"
    },
    {
      "answer": "OVERPASS",
      "display": "Overpass",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A flyover; America describes a road passing over a road, lest anyone imagine actual flying.",
      "explanation": "flyover"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TRAFFICCIRCLE",
      "display": "Traffic circle",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A roundabout; America supplies a geometry lesson before allowing anyone to turn.",
      "explanation": "roundabout"
    },
    {
      "answer": "INTERSECTION",
      "display": "Intersection",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A road junction; America makes meeting streets sound like a branch of mathematics.",
      "explanation": "junction"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DEADEND",
      "display": "Dead end",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A cul-de-sac; America replaces a graceful French phrase with a small announcement of doom.",
      "explanation": "cul-de-sac"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DETOUR",
      "display": "Detour",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A traffic diversion; America's word offers no more hope of arriving on time.",
      "explanation": "diversion"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PARKINGLOT",
      "display": "Parking lot",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A car park; America allocates parking a whole lot of vocabulary.",
      "explanation": "car park"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PARKINGGARAGE",
      "display": "Parking garage",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A multi-storey car park; America makes stacking cars sound like keeping one in a private shed.",
      "explanation": "multi-storey car park"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GAS",
      "display": "Gas",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Petrol for a car; America chooses a name for something that is inconveniently liquid.",
      "explanation": "petrol"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GASSTATION",
      "display": "Gas station",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A petrol station; America continues pretending the fuel is in the wrong state of matter.",
      "explanation": "petrol station"
    },
    {
      "answer": "HOOD",
      "display": "Hood",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A car's bonnet; America changes the headwear without making the engine any more fashionable.",
      "explanation": "bonnet"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TRUNK",
      "display": "Trunk",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A car's boot; America replaces footwear with an elephant's nose to store the shopping.",
      "explanation": "boot"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FENDER",
      "display": "Fender",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A car's wing over a wheel; America removes its last chance of sounding capable of flight.",
      "explanation": "wing"
    },
    {
      "answer": "WINDSHIELD",
      "display": "Windshield",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A windscreen; America apparently expects the glass to enter a battle rather than stop a breeze.",
      "explanation": "windscreen"
    },
    {
      "answer": "LICENSEPLATE",
      "display": "License plate",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A number plate on a car; America brings paperwork into even the vehicle's jewellery.",
      "explanation": "number plate"
    },
    {
      "answer": "STICKSHIFT",
      "display": "Stick shift",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A manual gearbox; America names the lever, perhaps because the gears were too much detail.",
      "explanation": "manual gearbox"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TURNSIGNAL",
      "display": "Turn signal",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A car's indicator; America needs the intended manoeuvre spelt out before touching the lever.",
      "explanation": "indicator"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BLINKER",
      "display": "Blinker",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Another US name for an indicator; apparently the lamp's one movement is the whole explanation.",
      "explanation": "indicator"
    },
    {
      "answer": "EMERGENCYBRAKE",
      "display": "Emergency brake",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A handbrake; America makes parking sound like a crisis rather than a normal conclusion.",
      "explanation": "handbrake"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GEARSHIFT",
      "display": "Gearshift",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A gear lever; America prefers a word that sounds like the car is changing jobs.",
      "explanation": "gear lever"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TRUCK",
      "display": "Truck",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A lorry; America uses a word short enough to leave room for the enormous vehicle.",
      "explanation": "lorry"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SEMI",
      "display": "Semi",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "An articulated lorry; America's short name describes half of something impressively whole.",
      "explanation": "articulated lorry"
    },
    {
      "answer": "STATIONWAGON",
      "display": "Station wagon",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "An estate car; America insists its spacious family vehicle belongs beside a railway.",
      "explanation": "estate car"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SEDAN",
      "display": "Sedan",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A saloon car; America picks a different grand name for the same school-run machine.",
      "explanation": "saloon car"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MINIVAN",
      "display": "Minivan",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A people carrier; America calls the family transport small, which the parking space disputes.",
      "explanation": "people carrier"
    },
    {
      "answer": "RV",
      "display": "RV",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A self-propelled motorhome; America reduces a house on wheels to initials and hopes we have the manual.",
      "explanation": "motorhome"
    },
    {
      "answer": "RAILROAD",
      "display": "Railroad",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A railway; America gives trains a road and then has to stop cars from using it.",
      "explanation": "railway"
    },
    {
      "answer": "RAILCAR",
      "display": "Railcar",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A passenger railway carriage; America apparently cannot discuss transport without calling it a car.",
      "explanation": "railway carriage"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SUBWAY",
      "display": "Subway",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "The underground railway; America's word can suggest a British pedestrian passage instead.",
      "explanation": "underground"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TROLLEY",
      "display": "Trolley",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A tram running on rails; America's word has been borrowed from the shopping aisle.",
      "explanation": "tram"
    },
    {
      "answer": "STREETCAR",
      "display": "Streetcar",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Another US name for a tram; America must explain that this particular vehicle lives in the street.",
      "explanation": "tram"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ROUNDTRIP",
      "display": "Round trip",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A return journey; America draws a verbal circle rather than simply promising to come back.",
      "explanation": "return journey"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ONEWAYTICKET",
      "display": "One-way ticket",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A single ticket; America specifies the direction, lest the traveller attempt both at once.",
      "explanation": "single ticket"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COACH",
      "display": "Coach",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Economy class on a flight; America borrows Britain's bus to describe the cheap seats in the sky.",
      "explanation": "economy class"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CARRYON",
      "display": "Carry-on",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Hand luggage; America gives the small suitcase an order to continue.",
      "explanation": "hand luggage"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ELEVATOR",
      "display": "Elevator",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A lift, given a grander name by Americans for the heroic task of going upstairs.",
      "explanation": "lift"
    },
    {
      "answer": "LINE",
      "display": "Line",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A queue of waiting people; America prefers a word that gives no hint of civilised patience.",
      "explanation": "queue"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CART",
      "display": "Cart",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A shopping trolley; America makes the weekly groceries sound like a horse's responsibility.",
      "explanation": "shopping trolley"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DRUGSTORE",
      "display": "Drugstore",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A chemist's; America announces the substances rather than trusting the profession.",
      "explanation": "chemist's"
    },
    {
      "answer": "HARDWARESTORE",
      "display": "Hardware store",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "An ironmonger's; America makes a shop full of screws sound like a computer department.",
      "explanation": "ironmonger's"
    },
    {
      "answer": "STORE",
      "display": "Store",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A shop; America apparently considers buying things a form of warehousing.",
      "explanation": "shop"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MALL",
      "display": "Mall",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A shopping centre; America finds a short name for an outing that never is.",
      "explanation": "shopping centre"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SALESCLERK",
      "display": "Salesclerk",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A shop assistant; America reduces the person to the cash transaction before saying hello.",
      "explanation": "shop assistant"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MAIL",
      "display": "Mail",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "The post; America changes the word but still cannot make a parcel arrive when expected.",
      "explanation": "post"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MAILBOX",
      "display": "Mailbox",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A public postbox; America needs the contents advertised on the container.",
      "explanation": "postbox"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MAILMAN",
      "display": "Mailman",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A postman; America's preferred prefix does not make the route any shorter.",
      "explanation": "postman"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ZIPCODE",
      "display": "Zip code",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A postcode; America brands an address number as though speed were guaranteed.",
      "explanation": "postcode"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COLLECTCALL",
      "display": "Collect call",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A reverse-charge call; America says it will collect something without admitting it is the money.",
      "explanation": "reverse-charge call"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BUSYSIGNAL",
      "display": "Busy signal",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "An engaged tone on the telephone; America sounds offended that someone else is having a conversation.",
      "explanation": "engaged tone"
    },
    {
      "answer": "VACATION",
      "display": "Vacation",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A holiday; America requires a word suggesting absence rather than enjoyment.",
      "explanation": "holiday"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FALL",
      "display": "Fall",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Autumn; America names an entire season after the one thing leaves are doing.",
      "explanation": "autumn"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SOCCER",
      "display": "Soccer",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Football played chiefly with the feet; America reserves the sensible name for a different game.",
      "explanation": "football"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MOVIE",
      "display": "Movie",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A film; America names the picture after moving, apparently its most impressive accomplishment.",
      "explanation": "film"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MOVIETHEATER",
      "display": "Movie theater",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A cinema; America writes a two-word explanation in case the screen was not a sufficient clue.",
      "explanation": "cinema"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BILLBOARD",
      "display": "Billboard",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "An advertising hoarding; America gives the giant sales pitch a name that might demand payment.",
      "explanation": "hoarding"
    },
    {
      "answer": "RESTROOM",
      "display": "Restroom",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A public toilet; America promises a rest where one generally has a rather different purpose.",
      "explanation": "public toilet"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BATHROOM",
      "display": "Bathroom",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A toilet in everyday US conversation; America advertises a bath that may not exist.",
      "explanation": "toilet"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ERASER",
      "display": "Eraser",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A rubber for pencil marks; America names the deletion instead of the helpful little lump.",
      "explanation": "rubber"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PRINCIPAL",
      "display": "Principal",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A headteacher; America gives the school boss a title that sounds like a rule in a textbook.",
      "explanation": "headteacher"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PROCTOR",
      "display": "Proctor",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "An exam invigilator; America finds a shorter title for watching someone fail to revise.",
      "explanation": "invigilator"
    },
    {
      "answer": "RECESS",
      "display": "Recess",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A school break; America makes ten minutes outside sound like an adjournment of Congress.",
      "explanation": "break"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GRADE",
      "display": "Grade",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A mark for a piece of schoolwork; America makes one teacher's verdict sound like an entire ranking system.",
      "explanation": "mark"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SENIOR",
      "display": "Senior",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A final-year student; America awards an age-like title before graduation has even happened.",
      "explanation": "final-year student"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FRESHMAN",
      "display": "Freshman",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A first-year student; America labels the new arrival as though inspected for freshness.",
      "explanation": "first-year student"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SOPHOMORE",
      "display": "Sophomore",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A second-year student; America uses a grand Greek-derived word for merely surviving year one.",
      "explanation": "second-year student"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MATH",
      "display": "Math",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Maths; America subtracts a letter before the lesson has even started.",
      "explanation": "maths"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PAYSTUB",
      "display": "Pay stub",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A payslip; America gives proof of wages a name that sounds like the disappointing bit left over.",
      "explanation": "payslip"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PAYCHECK",
      "display": "Paycheck",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A pay cheque; America saves a space and a few letters, though not a penny of the tax.",
      "explanation": "pay cheque"
    },
    {
      "answer": "LAYOFF",
      "display": "Layoff",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "Redundancy, when a job is no longer needed; America gives dismissal a name that sounds like a nap.",
      "explanation": "redundancy"
    },
    {
      "answer": "RESUME",
      "display": "Resume",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A CV; America's borrowed French label does not make the employment history any more interesting.",
      "explanation": "CV"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DISTRICTATTORNEY",
      "display": "District attorney",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A public prosecutor for a US district; America adds a geographical title to the courtroom drama.",
      "explanation": "public prosecutor"
    },
    {
      "answer": "JANITOR",
      "display": "Janitor",
      "level": 1,
      "clue": "A building's caretaker; America makes looking after a place sound like a rather obscure Roman occupation.",
      "explanation": "caretaker"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CANDYAPPLE",
      "display": "Candy apple",
      "level": 3,
      "clue": "A toffee apple with a hard sugar coating; America has rebranded the dentist's next appointment.",
      "explanation": "toffee apple"
    },
    {
      "answer": "COLOR",
      "display": "Color",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Colour; America removes a letter, apparently to save enough ink for the next enormous road sign.",
      "explanation": "colour"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FAVORITE",
      "display": "Favorite",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Favourite; America cannot even express a preference without cutting a letter from the budget.",
      "explanation": "favourite"
    },
    {
      "answer": "NEIGHBOR",
      "display": "Neighbor",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Neighbour; America drops a letter before attempting friendly relations across the fence.",
      "explanation": "neighbour"
    },
    {
      "answer": "HONOR",
      "display": "Honor",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Honour; America's spelling has already surrendered one small point of dignity.",
      "explanation": "honour"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FLAVOR",
      "display": "Flavor",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Flavour; America removes a letter, though thankfully not the entire seasoning.",
      "explanation": "flavour"
    },
    {
      "answer": "HUMOR",
      "display": "Humor",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Humour; America cuts a letter before checking whether the joke is any good.",
      "explanation": "humour"
    },
    {
      "answer": "LABOR",
      "display": "Labor",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Labour; America shortens the spelling, presumably mistaking that for a reduction in work.",
      "explanation": "labour"
    },
    {
      "answer": "BEHAVIOR",
      "display": "Behavior",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Behaviour; America loses a letter before the manners have even been assessed.",
      "explanation": "behaviour"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CENTER",
      "display": "Center",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Centre; America rearranges the ending as though the building had been put up facing the wrong way.",
      "explanation": "centre"
    },
    {
      "answer": "THEATER",
      "display": "Theater",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Theatre; America swaps the final letters and expects applause for the renovation.",
      "explanation": "theatre"
    },
    {
      "answer": "METER",
      "display": "Meter",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Metre, the unit of length; America rearranges the ending without improving its affection for the system.",
      "explanation": "metre"
    },
    {
      "answer": "LITER",
      "display": "Liter",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Litre; America switches the ending, then often avoids measuring the drink that way anyway.",
      "explanation": "litre"
    },
    {
      "answer": "FIBER",
      "display": "Fiber",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Fibre; America rearranges the last letters as though that were the important bit of the diet.",
      "explanation": "fibre"
    },
    {
      "answer": "GRAY",
      "display": "Gray",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Grey; America chooses another vowel for a colour that was already refusing to be interesting.",
      "explanation": "grey"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TIRE",
      "display": "Tire",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Tyre on a car; America uses a spelling that looks exhausted before the journey begins.",
      "explanation": "tyre"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CURB",
      "display": "Curb",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Kerb at the road edge; America borrows the spelling of restraint for something drivers still hit.",
      "explanation": "kerb"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PAJAMAS",
      "display": "Pajamas",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Pyjamas; America changes a vowel, presumably while too sleepy to find the proper one.",
      "explanation": "pyjamas"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ALUMINUM",
      "display": "Aluminum",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Aluminium; America removes a syllable, as though kitchen foil needed a crash diet.",
      "explanation": "aluminium"
    },
    {
      "answer": "SULFUR",
      "display": "Sulfur",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Sulphur, in traditional British spelling; America dispenses with the decorative pair of letters.",
      "explanation": "sulphur"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MOLD",
      "display": "Mold",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Mould growing on bread; America trims the spelling before bothering to clean the kitchen.",
      "explanation": "mould"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MOLT",
      "display": "Molt",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Moult, as birds shed feathers; America's spelling sheds a letter for additional authenticity.",
      "explanation": "moult"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PLOW",
      "display": "Plow",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Plough; America tidies the word more enthusiastically than most people tidy the field.",
      "explanation": "plough"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DRAFT",
      "display": "Draft",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Draught of cold air; America writes the shorter version and still leaves the window open.",
      "explanation": "draught"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CANCELED",
      "display": "Canceled",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Cancelled; America cancels one of the doubled letters as well as the arrangement.",
      "explanation": "cancelled"
    },
    {
      "answer": "TRAVELER",
      "display": "Traveler",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Traveller; America leaves one letter at home to make room for additional luggage.",
      "explanation": "traveller"
    },
    {
      "answer": "JEWELRY",
      "display": "Jewelry",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Jewellery; America cuts the spelling while leaving the price magnificently intact.",
      "explanation": "jewellery"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PROGRAM",
      "display": "Program",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Programme for an event, not computer code; America shortens the paperwork before the show starts.",
      "explanation": "programme"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CATALOG",
      "display": "Catalog",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Catalogue; America discards the ending before inviting us to buy several hundred unnecessary things.",
      "explanation": "catalogue"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DIALOG",
      "display": "Dialog",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Dialogue; a shorter US spelling, because apparently even a conversation needs its ending cut.",
      "explanation": "dialogue"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ANALOG",
      "display": "Analog",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Analogue, as opposed to digital; America removes the ending before complaining about old technology.",
      "explanation": "analogue"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DEFENSE",
      "display": "Defense",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Defence; America swaps a letter, evidently hoping the spelling will protect itself.",
      "explanation": "defence"
    },
    {
      "answer": "OFFENSE",
      "display": "Offense",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Offence; America changes a letter before deciding how terribly insulted to be.",
      "explanation": "offence"
    },
    {
      "answer": "LICENSE",
      "display": "License",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Licence, the noun; America uses the verb's spelling, as though permission had already been granted.",
      "explanation": "licence"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PRACTICE",
      "display": "Practice",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Practise, the verb; America borrows the noun's spelling before attempting the exercise.",
      "explanation": "practise"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ANALYZE",
      "display": "Analyze",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Analyse; America substitutes a letter before subjecting anything to proper scrutiny.",
      "explanation": "analyse"
    },
    {
      "answer": "PARALYZE",
      "display": "Paralyze",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Paralyse; America changes the spelling while the rest of the word is unable to move.",
      "explanation": "paralyse"
    },
    {
      "answer": "MUSTACHE",
      "display": "Mustache",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Moustache; America trims a letter off the facial hair before consulting a barber.",
      "explanation": "moustache"
    },
    {
      "answer": "DONUT",
      "display": "Donut",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Doughnut; America shortens the word, evidently confusing fewer letters with fewer calories.",
      "explanation": "doughnut"
    },
    {
      "answer": "CHECKERED",
      "display": "Checkered",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Chequered, as on a patterned cloth; America replaces the fancy spelling with a tidier grid.",
      "explanation": "chequered"
    },
    {
      "answer": "ESOPHAGUS",
      "display": "Esophagus",
      "level": 2,
      "clue": "Oesophagus; America removes the initial letter before swallowing anything substantial.",
      "explanation": "oesophagus"
    }
  ]
}