Day #2 of re-trying topology: Is the inner radius of an annulus used for a Mobius strip required exist to self intersect one?

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In this figure I circled half of the inner radius of a Mobius band that I used to construct a holed cross cap. I don't know if it is required to exist to do the self intersection because I read somewhere on this site that aside from the zip-pair construction the holed cross cap is also the limit as the inner radius used for the Mobius band approaches $0$.

My question is if that is true then does the limit of that Mobius band as the inner radius approaches $0$ still has an inner radius?

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