CISRA Puzzle Competition 2008 - Solutions

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A.5 Lexifabricography

At the boundary of each pair of words, the name of a letter of the alphabet is sounded out.

photoreli	eff	actorize	F
factori	zed	aisywheel	Z
daisywhe	ell	abyrinthine	L
labyrinthin	ee	chinacea	E
echinace	ay	uletide	A
yuleti	dee	lectroweak	D
electrowea	kai	rcheck	K
airch	ecks	lantwise	X
slantwi	sea	rchipelago	C
archipelag	oh	omebrew	O
homebr	ewe	lectrode	U
electrod	en	oisette	N
noiset	tee	ureka	T
eurek	are	arview	R
rearvie	why	percharge	Y
hyperchar	gee	xtendable	G
exten	dableyou	're	W
you'r	eye	nite	I
yeni	tee	ntranceway	T
entrancew	aych	aindrive	H
chaindri	vee	nigma	V
enigm	ay	octocoulomb	A
yoctocoulom	be	cclesiastes	B
ecclesiast	ess	ine	S
sin	ee	ktachrome	E
ektachrom	en	auseate	N
nausea	tea	flaj	T
afla	jay	es	J
ay	ess	crimshaw	S
scrimsha	why	droxide	Y
hydroxid	em	icrobe	M
micro	bee	spresso	B
espress	oh	emidome	O
hemidom	el	unarscape	L
lunarsca	pee	mbryologist	P

These sounded-out letters spell out a phrase which includes some extra letters:

(fz)lead(k)country(g)with(v)absent(j)symbol(p)

The only absent symbol (letter) is Q. The solution is the only country led by (beginning with) Q: QATAR.