Here are the answers to New York Times Crossword puzzles Friday August 20 2021.
Saving Private Ryan’ or ‘Apocalypse Now’ – WAREPIC
16-Across squared – NINE
A’s, but not B’s or C’s – TEAM
Apt surname for a librarian – READE
Aunt in ‘Oklahoma!’ – ELLER
Big box store that sells boxes – STAPLES
Blood clots – THROMBI
Border county of New York or Pennsylvania – TIOGA
Catalyzed, with ‘up’ – SPED
Certain textile workers – DYERS
City at one end of Lake Pontchartrain, for short – NOLA
Compliment to an outfielder – NICECATCH
Controls – TAMES
Covers with chimney grime – SOOTS
Cowboys’ headgear – HELMETS
Cubby hole? – DEN
Descriptor for most scarves, but not gloves – ONESIZE
Dramatic beginning – ACTI
Ear-related prefix – OTO
Everyone’s talking about them – HOTTOPICS
Excel command – SORT
Executive check – VETOPOWER
French film festival fare – ARTCINE
Gets through – PENETRATES
Gets word – HEARS
Half of hexadeca- – OCTA
Hallucinate – SEETHINGS
Hope at the Oscars, e.g – HOST
In the end – ULTIMATELY
Joe Louis in Detroit, for one – ARENA
Kind of infection – STAPH
Kowtowed (to) – TOADIEDUP
Like best friends – TRUEST
Log time – YULE
Martin who directed ‘Norma Rae’ – RITT
Maybe too alert – WIRED
More widespread – RIFER
Natalie of ‘Today’ – MORALES
Near – CLOSEINON
Off the market – NOTFORSALE
Passing stat: Abbr – ATT
Patronizing types – CLIENTELE
Provider of inside info? – CTscanner
Question of humanity that has never been answered – AREWEALONE
Ravel’s ‘Gaspard de la ___’ – NUIT
Ref. work that took more than 70 years to complete – OED
Rick Ross, Roddy Ricch and Rakim – RAPPERS
Routine part of a routine – STALEJOKE
Salad veggie – CUKE
See 22-Across – THREE
Short accompanying article – SIDEBAR
Short, for short – LIL
Sickens with sweetness – CLOYS
Singing and dancing, say – TALENTS
Snacks for squirrels – NUTLETS
Sticky sandwich, for short – PBJ
Superhero misidentification – ITSAPLANE
Surname of father-and-son N.B.A. coaches Paul and Stephen – SILAS
Syndicate, in a way – REAIR
They can be Sapphic – ODES
Took control of – HARNESSED
Travel item for bookworms – EREADER
Water color – OCEANBLUE
Who said ‘The greatest victory is that which requires no battle’ – SUNTZU
Words before ‘New York’ and ‘Paris,’ in song titles – ILOVE
___ for life – SCAR
