I SURRENDER! - Answers & Solutions

Complete answers for this hard crossword puzzle (21x21 grid, 140 clues). Published 2/24/2013. By Joe DiPietro.

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Across Answers

1 Across: Drummer's accompanier (5): FIFER
6 Across: Best-selling author who served as a nurse in the Civil War (6): ALCOTT
12 Across: Made up (6): UNTRUE
18 Across: Hardens (6): INURES
20 Across: Fever cause (7): MALARIA
21 Across: Most bass (6): LOWEST
22 Across: Back down (14): BEATAHASTYRETREAT
24 Across: Back down (6): CAPITULATE
25 Across: Sinuous swimmer (3): EEL
26 Across: Grub (4): EATS
27 Across: Card game declaration (4): MELD
28 Across: Show off one's "guns" (4): FLEX
29 Across: Some seen in mirrors? (3): ARS
30 Across: Foul mood (4): SNIT
31 Across: Floor vote (3): AYE
32 Across: Leaning (4): BIAS
33 Across: Humdinger (3): PIP
36 Across: Bakers' measures: Abbr. (4): TSPS
38 Across: Mrs. Miniver's husband in "Mrs. Miniver" (4): CLEM
40 Across: Scope (6): EXTENT
42 Across: Sprinkler conduit (4): HOSE
43 Across: Back down (12): HEADFORTHEHILLS
46 Across: Run out (6): ELAPSE
48 Across: Quarters used in Greenland (5): IGLOO
50 Across: Kegler's org. (3): PBA
51 Across: Honeyed drink (4): MEAD
53 Across: Back down (5): PULLOUT
54 Across: Detour signalers (6): PYLONS
56 Across: The left, informally (4): LIBS
58 Across: Parts of galaxies (7): NEBULAE
60 Across: Siberian city (4): OMSK
61 Across: Jacket decoration (7): EPAULET
64 Across: Handles receptions, say (6): CATERS
65 Across: Back down (11): LOSEONESNERVE
68 Across: Gather in bundles (6): SHEAVE
72 Across: Joint committee? (7): STONERS
73 Across: [How dare you?!] (4): SLAP
77 Across: Talks without sincerity (7): PALTERS
79 Across: Envelope abbr. (4): ATTN
80 Across: Like some firs (6): ALPINE
82 Across: Back down (5): WITHDRAW
83 Across: Variety (4): SORT
86 Across: Pascal's law (3): LOI
87 Across: Ball partner (5): ARNAZ
88 Across: Downgrade, perhaps (6): RERATE
90 Across: Back down (12): GIVESOMEGROUND
94 Across: Father of Phobos (4): ARES
95 Across: "Welcome Back, Kotter" guy (6): VINNIE
97 Across: La ___ Tar Pits (4): BREA
98 Across: Treasures (4): GEMS
101 Across: Made one (3): WED
102 Across: Tough situation (4): BIND
103 Across: Company making arrangements, for short (3): FTD
105 Across: PBS has a big one (4): BIRD
107 Across: When repeated, eager (3): RAH
108 Across: Staffs (4): MANS
109 Across: Winged (4): ALAR
110 Across: "I'm ___ you!" (4): ONTO
111 Across: Big name in '60s peace activism (3): ONO
112 Across: Back down (6): CRYUNCLE
115 Across: Back down (14): WAVETHEWHITEFLAG
118 Across: Sheen, in Sheffield (6): LUSTRE
119 Across: Advent (7): ARRIVAL
120 Across: Like some oil refineries (6): YEMENI
121 Across: Clearly marks (6): ETCHES
122 Across: Mark, e.g. (6): GOSPEL
123 Across: Boxer nicknamed "Hands of Stone" (5): DURAN

Down Answers

1 Down: Try to shoot (6): FIREAT
2 Down: Lays to rest (6): INTERS
3 Down: Slick ones? (10): FUELSPILLS
4 Down: Go wrong (3): ERR
5 Down: Four-time baseball All-Star Jose (5): REYES
6 Down: Itch scratcher's utterance (3): AAH
7 Down: "Is Your Mama a ___?" (children's book) (5): LLAMA
8 Down: Capable of seeing in the dark (7): CATEYED
9 Down: Certain grilling (8): ORALEXAM
10 Down: One to one, for example (4): TIED
11 Down: It's left on a keyboard (3): TAB
12 Down: Loudly lament (7): ULULATE
13 Down: Dos but not don'ts (5): NOTES
14 Down: Mars candy (4): TWIX
15 Down: Good name, informally (3): REP
16 Down: Miss ___ (3): USA
17 Down: Common abbr. after a comma (3): ETC
19 Down: Cut off (6): STANCH
20 Down: What's the big idea? (10): MASTERPLAN
23 Down: Circus support (5): STILT
28 Down: Vertical stabilizer (3): FIN
32 Down: "The Hostage" playwright, 1958 (5): BEHAN
33 Down: Blooming tree (6): POPLAR
34 Down: Publishes (6): ISSUES
35 Down: Slightest complaint (4): PEEP
37 Down: Lost, as a tail (5): SHOOK
39 Down: ___ strip (6): MOBIUS
41 Down: Rounds begin on the first one (3): TEE
42 Down: Berry of "Perfect Stranger" (5): HALLE
44 Down: Ages (3): EON
45 Down: Apologues (6): FABLES
47 Down: Yahoo (4): LOUT
48 Down: Yahoo! had one in 1996: Abbr. (3): IPO
49 Down: Kind of rat (3): GYM
52 Down: Inside look? (5): DECOR
55 Down: Dish out (5): SERVE
57 Down: Actress Berger (5): SENTA
59 Down: Model material, often (5): BALSA
62 Down: Pressure group? (5): PEERS
63 Down: Play a flute (6): TOOTLE
66 Down: Lay to rest (6): ENTOMB
67 Down: Postseason football game played in Mobile, Ala. (10): SENIORBOWL
68 Down: World (6): SPHERE
69 Down: Extreme aversion (6): HATRED
70 Down: Author Canetti (5): ELIAS
71 Down: Silver's is 107.87: Abbr. (4): ATWT
73 Down: Garnish, possibly (5): SPRIG
74 Down: Keep at awhile (10): LINGEROVER
75 Down: Got ___ on (nailed) (3): ANA
76 Down: Candy since 1927 (3): PEZ
78 Down: Healthy (5): SOUND
81 Down: Where you gotta go? (3): LAV
82 Down: Take a card (4): DRAW
84 Down: Actor Silver (3): RON
85 Down: Frivolous types (8): TRIFLERS
89 Down: Demonstrates (7): EVINCES
91 Down: Be rewarded for good service (7): GETATIP
92 Down: Quai d'Orsay setting (5): SEINE
93 Down: Coarse (6): EARTHY
96 Down: Entrances (3): INS
99 Down: Procrastinator's response (6): MANANA
100 Down: Welcome through the door (6): SHOWIN
102 Down: Ballet dancer's support (5): BARRE
104 Down: A disk can be slipped in one (5): DRIVE
106 Down: Was a little too fond (5): DOTED
108 Down: Paul Bunyan, e.g. (4): MYTH
109 Down: Do with a pick, maybe (4): AFRO
112 Down: French key (3): CLE
113 Down: Crackpot (3): NUT
114 Down: N.C.A.A.'s Gamecocks (3): USC
115 Down: Not keep up (3): LAG
116 Down: Prince of Broadway (3): HAL
117 Down: Native of Australia (3): EMU

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