May Hint #3

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Across
  1. 2. Writer of the first English-language prose adaptation of Arthurian legend
  2. 4. Word for a high-profile contemporary art exhibition, popularized in Venice
  3. 7. Characterized by a random probability distribution
  4. 9. Brooklyn-based amusement park
  5. 12. San Fernando Valley neighborhood home to NoHo Arts Distract
  6. 13. Qualification required for entry into university
  7. 15. Homeland of The Sharks in West Side Story
  8. 17. “powerful"
  9. 18. Short, satirical, and often obscene stories
Down
  1. 1. Type of one-sided relationship
  2. 3. Profession of Hephaestus
  3. 5. Home to the Kiwis (informal)
  4. 6. Word used to describe books like Pachinko or White Teeth
  5. 8. Social media platform initially launched as “Burbn”
  6. 10. Another name for deadly nightshade
  7. 11. Favorite snack of iconic blue Muppet
  8. 14. Small insects responsible for property damage
  9. 16. Cartoon character framed for murder in a 1988 comedy film