NEW YORK TIMES CROSSWORD
I SURRENDER! BY JOE DIPIETRO
ACROSS
1 Drummer’s accompanier 6 Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War 12 Made up 18 Hardens 20 Fever cause 21 Most bass 22 Back down 24 Back down 25 Sinuous swimmer 26 Grub 27 Card game declaration 28 Show off one’s “guns” 29 Some seen in mirrors? 30 Foul mood 31 Floor vote 32 Leaning 33 Humdinger 36 Bakers’ measures: Abbr. 38 Mrs. Miniver’s husband in “Mrs. Miniver” 40 Scope 42 Sprinkler conduit 43 Back down 46 Run out 48 Quarters used in
Greenland 50 Kegler’s org. 51 Honeyed drink 53 Back down 54 Detour signalers 56 The left, informally 58 Parts of galaxies 60 Siberian city 61 Jacket decoration 64 Handles receptions, say 65 Back down 68 Gather in bundles 72 Joint committee? 73 [How dare you?!] 77 Talks without sincerity 79 Envelope abbr. 80 Like some firs 82 Back down 83 Variety 86 Pascal’s law 87 Ball partner 88 Downgrade, perhaps 90 Back down 94 Father of Phobos 95 “Welcome Back, Kotter”
guy 97 La ___ Tar Pits 98 Treasures 101 Made one 102 Tough situation 103 Company making arrangements, for short 105 PBS has a big one 107 When repeated, eager 108 Staffs 109 Winged 110 “I’m ___ you!” 111 Big name in ’60s
peace activism 112 Back down 115 Back down 118 Sheen, in Sheffield 119 Advent 120 Like some oil
refineries 121 Clearly marks 122 Mark, e.g. 123 Boxer nicknamed
“Hands of Stone”
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1 Try to shoot 2 Lays to rest 3 Slick ones? 4 Go wrong 5 Four-time baseball All-
Star Jose 6 Itch scratcher’s utterance 7 “Is Your Mama a ___?”
(children’s book) 8 Capable of seeing in
the dark 9 Certain grilling 10 One to one, for
example 11 It’s left on a keyboard 12 Loudly lament 13 Dos but not don’ts 14 Mars candy 15 Good name, informally 16 Miss ___ 17 Common abbr. after a
comma 19 Cut off 20 What’s the big idea? 23 Circus support 28 Vertical stabilizer 32 “The Hostage”
playwright, 1958 33 Blooming tree 34 Publishes 35 Slightest complaint 37 Lost, as a tail 39 ___ strip 41 Rounds begin on the
first one 42 Berry of “Perfect
Stranger” 44 Ages 45 Apologues 47 Yahoo 48 Yahoo! had one in
1996: Abbr. 49 Kind of rat 52 Inside look? 55 Dish out 57 Actress Berger 59 Model material, often 62 Pressure group? 63 Play a flute 66 Lay to rest 67 Postseason football game played in Mobile, Ala. 68 World 69 Extreme aversion 70 Author Canetti 71 Silver’s is 107.87:
Abbr. 73 Garnish, possibly 74 Keep at awhile 75 Got ___ on (nailed) 76 Candy since 1927 78 Healthy 81 Where you gotta go? 82 Take a card 84 Actor Silver 85 Frivolous types 89 Demonstrates 91 Be rewarded for good
service 92 Quai d’Orsay setting 93 Coarse 96 Entrances 99 Procrastinator’s
response 100 Welcome through the
door 102 Ballet dancer’s
support 104 A disk can be slipped
in one 106 Was a little too fond 108 Paul Bunyan, e.g. 109 Do with a pick, maybe 112 French key 113 Crackpot 114 N.C.A.A.’s Gamecocks 115 Not keep up 116 Prince of Broadway 117 Native of Australia