Conrad's crossword puzzle

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Across
  1. 4. favoring or enforcing strict obedience to authority
  2. 7. is a country of the Caribbean
  3. 8. a Chinese communist revolutionary
  4. 9. a group of nations protecting itself against another nation or group of nations
  5. 10. government by a dictator
  6. 11. a Chinese politician who served as general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party
  7. 13. the process by which vegetation in drylands i.e. arid and semi-arid lands
  8. 14. a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives
Down
  1. 1. a life-threatening disease
  2. 2. the republic in china
  3. 3. an alliance of political parties forming governments or states
  4. 5. ending the war in Bosnia
  5. 6. the former British colony
  6. 8. led one of the most enduring dictatorships in Africa
  7. 12. German politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 1982 to 1998