Solve these clues to fill the grid.
- Emerald island west of Great Britain
- 3 Across
- Biggest country in the world by area
- 4 Across
- An autonomous region of the Peoples Republic of China
- 6 Across
- A landlocked republic in eastern Africa
- 9 Across
- An island republic on the island of ___
- 10 Across
- A mountainous republic in southeastern Europe bordering on the Adriatic Sea
- 11 Across
- A mountainous republic in southeastern Asia on the Bay of Bengal
- 12 Across
- A raised mark on the skin (plural)
- 1 Down
- Country in Asia with the Great Wall
- 2 Down
- A Scandinavian kingdom in the eastern part of the Scandinavian Peninsula
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- A landlocked socialist republic in central Asia
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- A republic in central Africa
- 8 Down