Countries

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Across
  1. 5. breakfast: baked beans on toast, sausages and black pudding
  2. 6. fondue galore
  3. 8. hair transplant central
  4. 9. 1st F1 race of 2025 host
  5. 12. last FIFA World Cup host
  6. 13. once called “Pleasant Island”
  7. 14. where ‘The Things They Carried’ took place
  8. 15. the actual birthplace of French fries
  9. 16. Sakura cherry blossoms are known to reside here
Down
  1. 1. its president’s last name is a dessert
  2. 2. National anthem: O ——!
  3. 3. star spangled banner
  4. 4. peacock is the national bird
  5. 7. —— wasn’t built in a day (but its country)
  6. 10. the origin of tapas
  7. 11. largest population in the EU