Bee's Brainteaser Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. The Queen opened this art centre in the city of London in 1982 (8)
  2. 6. Whose strike turned out all the lights in 1972? (6)
  3. 9. The Russians launched this dog into space in 1957 (5)
  4. 10. No longer recognised as a planet in our solar system (5)
  5. 11. In 1956, Greek Cypriots demonstrated and went on strike after this Archbishop was deported (8)
  6. 13. The Japanese were beaten in this battle in 1942(6)
  7. 14. Soviet leader who was overthrown in a coup in 1991 (7,9)
  8. 16. In May1951, The Festival of Britain was opened by this royal (4,6)
  9. 17. This supersonic aircraft made its faultless maiden flight in 1969 (8)
Down
  1. 1. This English city was bombed to destruction by the Germans in 1940 (8)
  2. 2. The Queen welcomed Haile Selassie when he arrived in the UK during his world tour in 1954. Of which country was he president? (8)
  3. 3. Self proclaimed King of Scotland, this general overthrew the Ugandan President in 1971 (3,4)
  4. 5. America's most notorious prison, where 3 men escaped in 1962 (8)
  5. 7. The former name of Zimbabwe (8)
  6. 8. One day after the abolition of censorship, this musical opened in London in 1968 (4)
  7. 12. This country became a republic in 1950 (5)
  8. 15. Genius composer who died in 1976, famous for his operas and choral works (8,7)