Countries

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Across
  1. 2. partially owned by the U.S.
  2. 7. source of Damascus steel
  3. 8. spartan headquarters
  4. 9. pyramids of Giza
  5. 11. the pope's city
  6. 12. capital rhymes with vanilla
  7. 14. real maple syrup
  8. 15. largest in South America
  9. 16. owns the Galapagos islands
  10. 17. land of the rising sun
  11. 19. birthed french fries
  12. 21. littered with millionaires
  13. 24. soviet motherland
  14. 25. surrounded by South Africa
  15. 26. chased snakes away
Down
  1. 1. home of neutrality
  2. 3. Gengis Khan's residence
  3. 4. defended by Zelensky
  4. 5. formerly Swaziland
  5. 6. host of 2022's World Cup
  6. 10. at the base of Mount Everest
  7. 12. bridge of the Americas
  8. 13. gave us IKEA
  9. 18. Europe's front door
  10. 20. surrounds two microstates
  11. 22. cote di'voire
  12. 23. home of the Dutch