Mission: Impossible

Mission Street Puzzles has decided to get involved in global politics! We plan to embark on a series of international missions, which will require cooperation from countries all around the world. Each country will put together a team of 1-4 operators. For any mission where that country is involved, the country will pledge to send its full team, one member at a time, in order from shortest to longest names (there are never ties). The operators’ initials spell out the one-word code name of the mission. Please help us figure out the operators’ nationalities, the code names of the missions, and most importantly the final answer: the location for the final mission.

 

Mission: To build foundations.
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Mission: To cooperate together.
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Mission: To discover new knowledge.
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Mission: To embark on an exciting journey.
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Mission: To hunt down evil. ??????????
Mission: To identify the most beloved things.
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Mission: To maintain air quality.
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Mission: To maintain discipline. ????????
Mission: To revitalize Midwestern cities. ??????????????
Mission: To start up a new venture.
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Mission: To take over the world. ?????????? _ AR _ H
Mission: To uphold the pillars of character. ??????????????
Mission: Unknown
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Clues

  • The three United States operators include the handyman, the actor, and the ranger.
  • All of the athletes (swimmer, dancer, equestrian) come from either Russia or Western Europe.
  • At least one of the French operators contains the letter X.
  • For one of the countries that sends exactly two operators, the first operator can be spelled out using a subset of the letters in the second operator.
  • The artist comes from the birthplace of either Ludwig von Beethoven, Claude Debussy, or Pyotr Tchaikovsky.
  • The astronaut is the first operator sent by his country, which has the color yellow in its flag.
  • The cardiologist, the inspector, the nurse, the robber, and the trucker come from five different Middle Eastern countries.
  • The country that sent the environmentalist is among the top five most populous nations in the world.
  • The electrician comes from a country that borders the Mediterreanean Sea.
  • The first Iranian operator contains four instances of the same letter.
  • The florist comes from a country with a circle on its flag.
  • The hairdresser is from a more populous country than the stylist is.
  • The inspector and the psychologist both come from the same country, one with a land area of less than 20,000 square miles.
  • The intern is from a country with a two-word name (e.g. South Africa, Burkina Faso, New Zealand).
  • The newscaster is the second operator sent by her country, which is a NATO member.
  • The radiologist is his country’s third operator, out of four.
  • The realtor comes from a country with an official state religion.
  • The recruiter comes from East Asia.
  • The second French operator is the technician.
  • The second German operator is spelled with exactly 8 letters.
  • The taxidermist is from the same country as at least one of the florist, the intern, or the psychologist.
  • The thug is from a nation that has hosted the Winter Olympics.
  • The ukuleleist is from a nation that has won the Eurovision Song Contest seven times.
  • The UK operators all end with the letters “er.”
  • The undertaker comes from the same country as either the nurse or the physician (but not both).
  • The waiter is from a country that sends exactly two operators.
  • Turkey’s first and last operators start with the same letter as each other.

 

Operators

Actor ??
Agent
Artist
Astronaut
Cardiologist
Clockmaker
Dancer
Editor
Electrician
Engineer
Entomologist
Environmentalist
Equestrian
Evangelist
Executive
Florist
Hairdresser
Handyman ??
Headhunter
Historian
Illustrator
Inspector
Intern
Model
Nanny
Newscaster
Nurse
Officer
Oncologist
Physician
Priest
Psychologist
Radiologist
Ranger ??
Realtor
Recruiter
Referee
Reporter
Restaurateur
Robber
Sportsman
Stylist
Swimmer
Taxidermist
Teacher
Technician
Therapist
Thug
Trucker
Ukuleleist
Umpire
Undertaker
Ventriloquist
Waiter