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Countries Breakdown Puzzle #8

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 #7)
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First submittedMarch 23, 2015
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Clue 1
Answer
 
Country
 
Answer
Clue 2
Shed tears
CRY
=>
CYPRUS
<=
PUS
Fluid from an abscess
Hawaiian party
LUAU
=>
TUVALU
<=
VT
Vermont (abbv.)
Indonesian island
BALI
=>
LIBERIA
<=
REI
King, in Portuguese
Close by
NEAR
=>
ARMENIA
<=
MIA
"Mamma ___!"
Part of Hispaniola
HAITI
=>
ETHIOPIA
<=
POE
Author Edgar Allan
Actress Dench
JUDI
=>
DJIBOUTI
<=
OBIT
R.I.P. notice
Swedish automaker
SAAB
=>
BAHAMAS
<=
HAM
Deli meat
Bide one's time
WAIT
=>
ESWATINI
<=
SINE
Trigonometric function
Brazil neighbor; French _____
GUIANA
=>
NICARAGUA
<=
CAR
Automobile
Desert plants
CACTI
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VATICAN CITY
<=
VANITY
Magazine, ______ Fair
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4 Comments
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Level 78
Nov 11, 2015
"Guiana" is bit of a stretch.
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Level 63
Nov 11, 2015
Made the clue easier - hopefully that'll bring its percentage up!
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Level 50
Mar 28, 2017
I get the feeling it's missed a lot because of misspellings. I'm always tempted to spell it 'Guinea' or 'Guyana'.
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Level 63
Mar 21, 2025
Guyana should be accepted