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Countries Breakdown Puzzle #3

Solve the short clues on the right and left. Then combine the letters and unscramble to form a country name.
Example: Clue 1: Mail a letter....SEND; Clue 2: Us, not them....WE; SEND + WE = SWEDEN
The previous quiz in this series can be found here (Quiz #2)
Quiz by kiwirage
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Last updated: October 7, 2020
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First submittedFebruary 24, 2015
Times taken18,741
Average score50.0%
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Clue 1
Answer
 
Country
 
Answer
Clue 2
Small rodents
MICE
=>
MEXICO
<=
OX
Load-carrying animal
Satchel, purse
BAG
=>
GAMBIA
<=
AIM
Goal, objective
Footwear
SHOE
=>
LESOTHO
<=
LOT
Auction unit
Ladder step
RUNG
=>
HUNGARY
<=
HAY
Dried grass
Christmastime
NOEL
=>
LEBANON
<=
BAN
Prohibit
Perfume bottle
VIAL
=>
BOLIVIA
<=
OBI
___-wan Kenobi
Skinny
THIN
=>
THAILAND
<=
LADA
Russian car brand
Lucifer, Beelzebub
SATAN
=>
BOTSWANA
<=
BOW
Violinist's stick
Squid's defense
INK
=>
PAKISTAN
<=
PASTA
Lasagna, linguine etc
Part of a knife or door
HANDLE
=>
NETHERLANDS
<=
STERN
Back of a ship
29 Comments
+1
Level 76
Feb 24, 2015
Obi?? Reserved for people with a 20,000 word vocab, and I just added one to mine today
+7
Level 91
Feb 24, 2015
Popular crossword puzzle answer. Now vial for perfume bottle was a new one to me. But maybe that's because I don't wear perfume.
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Level 72
Sep 9, 2019
None were new to me (and english isnt even my language) but I thought of like 25 different ways to mean prohibit, but only got ban after getting the country... (Not that christmastime came easy.. those were the last I got, that one, then the country then the prohibit.)
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Level 34
Feb 24, 2015
Tha last one was the hardest.
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Level 85
Aug 12, 2016
I dunno. It was the longest, but I got it. Couldn't do Bolivia because i didn't get vial or obi.
+4
Level 78
May 4, 2015
need more time for this one. But great quiz!
+3
Level 57
Jun 4, 2015
Ditto for more time.
+3
Level 73
Apr 3, 2016
Excellent quiz, but yes more time please!
+2
Level 72
Dec 10, 2018
I second that
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Level 72
Sep 9, 2019
Actually this time I found the time just fine, finished with over a minute left. And no recollection of ever doing this quiz before. But well, my name is right there so I must have :P
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Level 57
Jun 3, 2015
Perhaps specify that you're looking for the French word for Christmas? Leaving it open like that makes it seem like you're asking for another English term for it. Xmas, holiday, etc.
+3
Level 74
Jun 3, 2015
I see and hear Noel used often during the holidays in the US . "The first Noel, the angels did say..." Unlike the word in French, I never see it with the diaeresis over the e.
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Level 56
Jun 3, 2015
Difficult but I love it!
+3
Level 74
Jun 3, 2015
Agree. Could have used more time, though.
+7
Level 50
Jul 24, 2015
That was fun! Hard, but fun. However...it's "footWEAR", not "footware".
+4
Level 65
Sep 12, 2015
I agree. Should be 'footwear'
+5
Level 63
Oct 6, 2020
There was malware in the hardware of my brain when I made that mistake. It won't happen again, I sware.
+1
Level 72
Jun 4, 2016
Finally, I finished one of these! Almost not - had only 9 seconds left!
+1
Level 43
Oct 18, 2016
I'm loving your quizzes! For some reason i'm doing really well in them!
+1
Level 61
Mar 17, 2018
Gotta make it so the clues line up
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Level 30
Jun 27, 2018
Violinist's stick? Really? I got what you meant, but 'used to play a violin' would have been better.
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Level 86
Sep 12, 2022
No "used to play the violin" sounds like a musician who used to play the violin but doesn't anymore.
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Level 87
Oct 25, 2018
These quizzes are always a good challenge.
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Level 72
Dec 10, 2018
Ouch 16/30 no time to think about the ones I didnt get instantly (and reading the answers I would ve known quite a few,) did much better at the next version of this quiz. Only missed one there.
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Level 50
Mar 12, 2019
Enjoyed that. 5 points for me. Didn't get ox or Mexico
+2
Level 85
Apr 13, 2019
Only managed to get vial by guessing Bolivia first from Obi and doing it backwards!
+1
Level 69
Sep 28, 2019
Awesome quiz!
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Level 69
Apr 26, 2020
How do I keep getting the hardest ones and missing the obvious ones
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Level 79
Dec 2, 2022
I might have got 'vial' if the clue included 'medicine'.