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