Dynamite Charge

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Across
  1. 8. Had a blast at the King David Hotel (1978)
  2. 10. Offered in-house Birth screening (1919)
  3. 12. Settled with Steinbeck (1994)
  4. 13. Loved to drone on and on and on (2009)
  5. 14. Abandoned by addressee due to absence of return address (1945)
Down
  1. 1. Mater Miseriarum (1979)
  2. 2. Break-their-bones for sticks and stones (1994)
  3. 3. Annual Monkey’s Paw Award shared by all answers in this puzzle
  4. 4. Wild card turns Trump (2025)
  5. 5. The lady stands by her cleansing regimen (1991)
  6. 6. Created catastrophe with Prosperity agenda (2019)
  7. 7. Parked in native territory (1906)
  8. 9. Oh come on, he’s history’s greatest monster! (2002)
  9. 11. That treacherous, prevaricating, murderous scumbag (1973)