AROUND THE WORLD II
Credit: GAMES Magazine
Dec/Jan, 1990/1991
Shamlu Dudeja (adapted)

The answer to each clue will be a word that also hides the name of a country. The letters in the country's name may or may not be consecutive. For example, given the clue SELLER OF VEGETABLES, the answer would be GREENGROCER, which hides GREECE (GREEngroCEr).

NOTE from JA: Solving the puzzle this way is a difficult adaptation of Mr. Dedeja's original puzzle. I posted the original puzzle on January 12, 2010 as AROUND THE WORLD I.

The HINTS below the clues give the clue answers, from which you must extract the names of the hidden countries - another variation of the original puzzle - in which Mr. Dudeja gives the names of the countries and asks the solver to find the words. Using the hints significantly reduces the difficulty of the puzzle.

1. At first
2. Boeing vehicle
3. Chewing gum flavor
4. Wanderer
5. Sweet smell
6. Sweet smell
7. Group of fruit trees
8. Louisiana flower
9. Sit on eggs
10. Closed-in feeling
11. Arsonist, perhaps
12. Fur-yielding rodent
13. Clear from guilt

HINTS - ANSWERS TO CLUES:

1. INITIALLY
2. AIRPLANE
3. SPEARMINT 
4. VAGABOND
5. FRGRANCE
6. PERFUME
7. ORCHARD
8. MAGNOLIA
9. INCUBATE 
10. CLAUSTROPHOBIA
11. PYROMANIAC
12. CHINCHILLA
13. VINDICATE

COUNTRIES:

1. ITALY
2. IRAN
3. SPAIN
4. GABON
5. FRANCE
6. PERU
7. CHAD
8. MALI
9. CUBA
10. AUSTRIA
11. ROMANIA
12. CHINA
13. INDIA