PREMIER CROSSWORD

NO SURRENDER!

ACROSS

1 Covered decoratively, as walls 8 Info to input 12 Bygone rival of Delta 15 Widespread 19 More foamfilled 20 “My turn now” 21 Wrestler Flair 22 English prep school 23 “Assuming this is relevant ...”25 Very angry 27 “Illmatic” rapper 28 Large burden 29 Farthest down 30 Chop to bits 33 Far enough not to be in danger 38 Unlock, in verse 39 Rocket interceptor, in brief 41 Truncates 42 Corp. VIPs 43 Covert org. 44 Easy victory 46 Beer barrel 47 Heats a little 48 Pricey plane section 52 “Yes, that’s what I said” 56 Figure skater Kulik 57 Boston basketballer 59 Beginner, in slang 60 Jazz wailer 61 “Maintain self-control!” 66 “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” actress Georgia 67 Bridles 68 1924 Edna Ferber novel 72 Become a queen, as a princess 79 Commercials 82 Kingdom in Genesis 83 “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” character Nivens 84 German city on der Rhein 85 Test the suitability of 89 Advice that may calm someone 91 Clingy wrap 92 Pro at CPR 94 In — (in its original place) 95 Summer, in Soissons 96 Writer Bagnold 97 Set in motion 102 Kylo of “Star Wars” 103 Atmosphere 104 2008 novel by John L. Parker Jr. 107 Helsinki natives 109 Sounds 110 Head, in Nice 111 Hairstyles 112 Camps in the wild, e.g. 115 Subject of the adage formed by the starts of nine long answers in this puzzle 120 Tot’s query 121 Observe 122 District 123 Plane pilot 124 Boatloads 125 Singer Rita 126 Covert “Hey!” 127 Belt holes

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1 Tire pressure meas. 2 “— Wiedersehen” 3 PalmPilot, e.g., in brief 4 Channel for college sports 5 Split to bits 6 Wiggly fishes 7 Soft & — 8 Singers Ross and Krall 9 Attack from hiding 10 City south of Topeka, KS 11 Gibbon, e.g. 12 Old TV tube 13 Beneficial to both sides 14 Entry 15 Patronize Hertz or Avis 16 TGIF’s “I” 17 Enemy 18 Terminate 24 Military bed 26 Virginia hrs. 29 Terminate 30 Trust (in) 31 20th Greek letter 32 Splitting 33 Magic charm 34 Glenn of the Eagles 35 Quiz whizzes, perhaps 36 Key next to a period 37 Newark’s county 40 Lawn bowling variety 45 Soft mineral 47 Indiana river 49 Fills totally 50 Gawk 51 Fathered 53 Linking word in Leipzig 54 “Hath — sister?”: Shakespeare 55 “That’s icky!” 58 Detailed evaluations, in brief 62 Affix with paste 63 Bidirectional, as a door 64 Tartrate, e.g. 65 Thom of Radiohead 69 Using logical operators 70 Using Nero’s language 71 Kids of boomers 73 Nav. officer 74 Bus. firms 75 Bygone U.K. record label 76 Old Hollywood’s — Code 77 Whole 78 Fed. bond 79 Sailing 80 Partner of Sturm 81 Iraq neighbor 86 Appearing gradually, as a film scene 87 Sixth Greek letters 88 Arab chief 90 Flee fast 93 Torn clothes 97 “True indeed” 98 More prying 99 Cold brew, informally 100 “But wait, — more!” 101 Really vexes 105 Japanese dance-drama 106 “No kidding!” 108 Violinist Stern 111 “Whip It” rock band 112 TV brand 113 Granola tidbit 114 Party card game 115 Mushy food 116 Ryder vehicle 117 To the — degree 118 Iowa college 119 Trauma ctrs.