Guess the countries to spell our sons' first names

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Across
  1. 3. The only country whose name ends in “-guay”
  2. 5. The only country that starts with an "O"
  3. 7. The smallest country in the world by area
  4. 10. The only country that was once a part of both the Roman Empire and the USSR
  5. 14. A country whose official language is Malagasy
  6. 15. This country was once called Persia until 1935
  7. 17. Home to the world's oldest parliament, founded in 930 AD
  8. 18. This African country is bordered by only one other country
Down
  1. 1. This country has more lakes than any other
  2. 2. Famous for its traditional alcoholic drink, called kumis, made from fermented horse milk
  3. 4. This country’s capital is called “The City of a Thousand Hills”
  4. 6. The country with the most official languages (16)
  5. 8. This country contains the largest desert on earth by area
  6. 9. This island nation in the Indian Ocean has the highest per capita income in Africa
  7. 11. The only country with a non-rectangular flag
  8. 12. The only country that has a flag with a Union Jack and a 15-pointed star
  9. 13. This country is doubly landlocked in Europe
  10. 16. This country indirectly shares a border with both the Atlantic and Mediterranean Seas