The New York Times

No. 0820

ACROSS

1 Everyone’s talking about them 10 Kind of infection 15 Water color

16 See 22-Across 17 Routine part of a routine

18 Joe Louis in Detroit, for one 19 Controls 20 Executive check 22 16-Across squared 24 Cowboys’ headgear 25 Who said “The greatest victory is that which requires no battle” 28 Short accompanying article

29 Near 31 Surname of fatherand-son N.B.A. coaches Paul and Stephen 33 Passing stat: Abbr. 34 Border county of New York or Pennsylvania 36 Ear-related prefix

37 More widespread 40 Provider of inside info? 43 Natalie of “Today” 45 Like best friends 46 “Saving Private Ryan” or “Apocalypse Now” 47 Martin who directed “Norma Rae” 48 Superhero misidentification 50 Sickens with sweetness

54 Apt surname for a librarian 55 Kowtowed (to) 57 Aunt in “Oklahoma!” 58 Patronizing types 59 Certain textile workers

60 Took control of

DOWN

1 Hope at the Oscars, e.g. 2 Half of hexadeca3 A’s, but not B’s or C’s 4 Singing and dancing, say 5 Descriptor for most scarves, but not gloves 6 Sticky sandwich, for short 7 Words before “New York” and “Paris,” in song titles 8 Salad veggie 9 Hallucinate

10 Big box store that sells boxes 11 Blood clots 12 Question of humanity that has never been answered 13 Gets through

14 Gets word

21 Ref. work that took more than 70 years to complete 23 Ravel’s “Gaspard de la ___” 25 ___ for life

26 In the end

27 Off the market 28 Covers with chimney grime 30 Compliment to an outfielder 32 Excel command 35 Dramatic beginning 38 Travel item for bookworms

39 Rick Ross, Roddy Ricch and Rakim 41 French film festival fare

42 Snacks for squirrels 44 Short, for short 46 Maybe too alert 47 Syndicate, in a way 49 City at one end of Lake Pontchartrain, for short

51 They can be Sapphic

52 Log time 53 Catalyzed, with “up”

56 Cubby hole?