PREMIER CROSSWORD PUZZLE
SURRENDER!
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 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
DOWN
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.