ACROSS
1 Opponent of “shirts,” in a pickup basketball gameSKINS
6 Dangerous thing to skate onTHINICE
8 PurseHANDBAG
9 “x + y = z” subjectALGEBRA
10 Knocked overTOPPLED
11 Little biting bugsMITES
12 Publicly funded medical org. of BritainNHS
DOWN
1 Hebrew for “hello,” “goodbye” and “peace”SHALOM
2 Leader of a drug operationKINGPIN
3 Far from surface-level, as researchINDEPTH
4 Little bitesNIBBLES
5 FrightensSCARES
6 “___ being said …”THAT
7 Quaint “Yikes!”EGAD