Back to II.1: Cher Aids
The title, if read out, sounds like "charades". And that is exactly what needs to be done.
Each of the clues consist of a set of charades where the result sounds like a rare disease! The numbers enumerate the disease.
| Clue | Charades | Sounds like |
|---|---|---|
| Thumb war lots! (2-8) | LEAF ROW MANY | Li-Fraumeni |
| Put a question to an insignificant member of the system (7) | ASK COG | Aarskog |
| Nystagmus drink (6) | SACCADE TEA | Sakati |
| Shock, Braff and Galifianakis (3-5) | TASE ZACHS | Tay-Sachs |
| Devour alcohol (7) | WOLF RUM | Wolfram |
| Skateboard trick hang time (6) | OLLIE AIR | Ollier |
| Sandwiches fork tip Swift-winged insect (10-5) | REUBENS TINE TAY BEE | Rubenstein-Taybi |
| Propel straw (6) | DRIVE HAY | Dravet |
| Disgust footballer Walcott's sibling (10) | ICK THEO'S SIS | Ichthyosis |
| Recognised grandma... (6) | KNEW NAN | Noonan |
| ...and she made out Do (5-5) | NAN SAW ANH | Nance-Horan |
| Leer at peace sign (7) | OGLE VEE | Ogilvie |
| Batman's partner currently (7) | ROBIN NOW | Robinow |
| Party, bender, bath! (5-7) | DO BINGE ONSEN | Dubin-Johnson |
| Every harbour (6) | ALL PORT | Alport |
| Tunnel Beatle holes (7-5) | BORE RINGO PITS | Bohring-Opitz |
| Make beer Irish police (7) | BREW GARDA | Brugada |
| Steal window base green in French (7-6) | RUSTLE SILL VERT | Russell-Silver |
| Mistook 10c coin - fool! (7-7) | ERRED DIME JESTER | Erdheim-Chester |
| Conceal low haemoglobin (9) | VEIL ANAEMIA | Valinemia |
The first letters of each of the rare diseases spell LAST WORD IN NORD ABBREV, referring to the National Organization for Rare Disorders, so the answer is DISORDERS
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| Guess | Frequency |
|---|---|
| DISORDERS | 32 |
| DISEASE | 6 |
| DEGENERATION | 3 |
| DISORDER | 3 |
| IFICOULDTURNBACKTIME | 3 |
| SYNDROME | 3 |
| ABBREVIATION | 2 |
| DISEASES | 2 |
| LASTWORDINNORDABBREH | 2 |
| NORD | 2 |
| VENTRICLE | 2 |
| AAA | 1 |
| ABBREV | 1 |
| ABBREVIATE | 1 |
| ACIDS | 1 |
| AIR | 1 |
| ALE | 1 |
| ALEXEISDISEASE | 1 |
| ALLIREALLYWANTTODO | 1 |
| ATE | 1 |
| AUSTINPOWERS | 1 |
| BACK | 1 |
| BELL | 1 |
| BLOGGERS | 1 |
| BLOODPRESSURE | 1 |
| BREATHE | 1 |
| CHERILYNSARKISIAN | 1 |
| DATAFORINFORMATION | 1 |
| DJPLAYACHRISTMASSONG | 1 |
| DOYOUBELIEVEINLIFEAFTERLOVE | 1 |
| DX | 1 |
| DYSTROPHY | 1 |
| EIGHT | 1 |
| EPONYM | 1 |
| EPONYMOUS | 1 |
| EPONYMOUSSYNDROMES | 1 |
| EPONYMS | 1 |
| EVALUATION | 1 |
| GARD | 1 |
| HAEMOGLOBIN | 1 |
| HAEMOPHILIA | 1 |
| HAEMOPHILLIA | 1 |
| HEART | 1 |
| HEARTOFSTONE | 1 |
| HEMOPHILIA | 1 |
| HINTPLS | 1 |
| INFO | 1 |
| ION | 1 |
| LABERTEATON | 1 |
| LAMBERTEATON | 1 |
| LASTCORDORDABBREH | 1 |
| LASTNORDINNORDABBREV | 1 |
| LFASTSWORTDINNHORDJABOBRSECH | 1 |
| LIFEAFTERLOVECANBESOHARDTOFIND | 1 |
| LOGIC | 1 |
| LOVEANDUNDERSTANDING | 1 |
| LOVETODANCEORDAB | 1 |
| LOVETODINEFORCABSAV | 1 |
| MALIGNANTHYPERTHERMIA | 1 |
| MODULATOR | 1 |
| NET | 1 |
| NORDABBREH | 1 |
| OBS | 1 |
| OBSERVATION | 1 |
| OBSERVATIONS | 1 |
| ON | 1 |
| PHONE | 1 |
| PMHX | 1 |
| PROTHESIS | 1 |
| RADICAL | 1 |
| RATIO | 1 |
| REFLUX | 1 |
| REV | 1 |
| ROOM | 1 |
| SEARCHACIDS | 1 |
| SYNDROMES | 1 |
| TELEPHONE | 1 |
| TEST | 1 |
| THESUNAINTGONNASHINE | 1 |
| THROMBUS | 1 |
| TOMAHAWK | 1 |
| YOUBETTERSITDOWNKIDS | 1 |