San Diego Union-Tribune (Sunday)
Premier Crossword:
“No Surrender!”
BY FRANK A. LONGO #2,178
ACROSS
1 Covered decoratively, as walls
8 Info to input 12 Bygone rival of
Delta
15 Widespread
19 More foam-filled 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 selfcontrol!”
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
DOWN
1 Tire pressure meas. 2 “— Wiedersehen” 3 Palmpilot, e.g., in
brief
4 Channel for college sports
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 dancedrama
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.