I SURRENDER
Our besieged castle is out of food? Time to wave this proverbial symbol of surrender
THE WHITE FLAG
crying for fun
tears for fears
Tom DeLay wrote No Retreat No Surrender & this 2012 GOP presidential nominee wrote No Apology
MITT ROMNEY
Calif. wildfires first hit the news with number of these square units burned; big ones get converted into square miles
ACRES
In 1875 Oliver Lewis became the first African-American jockey to win this race known as the Run for the Roses
THE KENTUCKY DERBY
In the ring our boxer is getting pounded; maybe it's time to throw in this symbol of surrender
THE TOWEL
dark side of the moon
Empire of the sun
In 2016 this son of a Brooklyn exterminator became the leader of the Senate Democrats
CHUCK SCHUMER
You got title to a nice tract of land if you lived on it & improved it under this 1862 law
THE HOMESTEAD ACT
The aptly named Willie Thrower the NFL's first black quarterback played one game in 1953 for this team at Wrigley Field
THE CHICAGO BEARS
A Jan. 24 1943 Allied press conference called for this type of surrender by Germany Italy & Japan
UNCONDITIONAL
burning sweet food
red hot chili peppers
In high school this U.S. senator played soccer & basketball & was named Most Likely to Become the Next Geraldo Rivera
TED CRUZ
The field of battle between 2 entrenched armies or the YWCA
NO MAN'S LAND
The first African-American head coach to win a Super Bowl was this man who led the Colts to victory in 2007
TONY DUNGY
The B is silent at the end of this word what you do when you die from severe injuries
SUCCUMB
thankfully alive
Grateful Dead
Coleman Young was the longest-serving mayor of this city & its first African-American mayor
DETROIT
Four-letter word for a long narrow piece of land jutting into the ocean like Britain's Spurn Point
A SPIT
In 1952 this Dodgers catcher became the first African American to be featured on a Wheaties box
ROY CAMPANELLA
From the Latin for throw down to do this to oneself is to lie face down in prayer or submission
PROSTRATE
red 10
maroon 5
Today a TV talk show host he was elected mayor of Cincinnati in 1977 hopefully with a minimum of chair tossing
Jerry SPRINGER
Real first name of the composer of You Are the Sunshine of My Life
STEVELAND
The first black winter Olympic gold medalist Vonetta Flowers won as a brake woman in this event in 2002
BOBSLED