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