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QUICK CROSSWORD
Across
1 Country that considers Taiwan a breakaway province (5)
4 Capital of 1 ACROSS (7)
8 January 1 -- or 1 Tishrei (3,4)
9 Last Greek letter (5)
10 Volcano that blew its stack in 2002 (4)
11 Italian dumplings (7)
14 Nancy ___: House speaker who visited 18 ACROSS last month (6) 16 Officially called “The Republic of China” (6)
18 Like some 4X4 vehicles (3-4) 19 Feline word (4)
23 It takes a bow in an orchestra (5) 24 ___ Dawn (Muppet on “Sesame Street”) (7)
25 Bar ___: Israeli supermodel (7) 26 China threatens to take Taiwan by ___ (5)
Down
1 ___ of court: Offense for offending the judge (8)
2 Des Moinesian or Davenporter (5) 3 This equals L x W (4)
4 ___ Strait (separator of Russia and Alaska) (6)
5 Lacking loopholes (8)
6 Skaters’ performance (3,4)
7 Stickshift selection (4) 12 Password accompaniment (8) 13 Unspecified location (8) 15 NASA event (7)
17 Capital of 16 ACROSS (6) 20 Baseball flubbed play (5) 21 Head ___ heels in love (4) 22 50% (4)