Know Your Currencies

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Across
  1. 2. THINK TACOS, MARIACHI MUSIC, AND VIBRANT FESTIVITIES
  2. 4. AS PRECISE AND RELIABLE AS A LUXURY WATCH
  3. 6. BACKGROUND CURRENCY TO K-DRAMAS, K-POP, AND TECH GIANTS
  4. 7. SOUNDS LIKE IT RINGS—USED IN A SOUTHEAST ASIAN TRADING HUB
  5. 11. BACKBONE OF THE WORLD’S MANUFACTURING POWERHOUSE
  6. 12. CARRIES THE FACE OF THE FATHER OF THE NATION IN YOUR WALLET
  7. 15. NATIVE TO THE LAND OF KANGAROOS AND CRICKET RIVALRIES
  8. 18. OFTEN SPENT ON BEACHES, STREET FOOD, AND RELAXING HOLIDAYS
Down
  1. 1. FROM THE LAND OF SHAKESPEARE, KINGS, QUEENS AND BUCKINGHAM
  2. 3. AMONG THE WORLD’S HIGHEST-VALUED CURRENCIES, BACKED BY OIL WEALTH
  3. 5. PREFERRED BY UNCLE SAM; OFTEN SETS THE TONE FOR GLOBAL MARKETS
  4. 8. WHERE SUSHI, BULLET TRAINS, AND LARGE DENOMINATIONS GO HAND IN HAND
  5. 9. CURRENCY OF PILGRIMAGE AND PETROLEUM WEALTH
  6. 10. OFTEN IN THE HEADLINES ALONGSIDE GEOPOLITICAL TENSIONS AND ENDURING WINTERS
  7. 13. A TRUE TEAM PLAYER ACROSS BORDERS—MANY NATIONS, ONE WALLET
  8. 14. NAMED AFTER A REGION RICH IN GOLD BENEATH THE SOIL
  9. 16. CURRENCY WHOSE NAME SIMPLY MEANS MONEY IN LOCAL LANGUAGE
  10. 17. THINK LUXURY MALLS, SKYSCRAPERS, AND DESERT SAFARIS