The New York Times Crossword

ACROSS

1 Like much White House press

8 Stick with

14 Social elites

16 Susan who wrote “The Orchid Thief”

17 Line of Pokémon

19 Actor James of “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”

20 ___ Who Code (nonprofit)

21 Forerunner of rocksteady

22 Bad thing to miss

23 Native Costa Ricans, informally

24 Something that might be raised in a fight

25 Amount to

26 Locales for the Jets and the Sharks

27 Like wicker chairs

28 Daisy Dukes, e.g.

30 Draft status?

31 Excessive coverage, perhaps

32 Mounted

33 Daylight saving time adjustment: Abbr.

34 You might have one on the side

37 Roaster

38 Sound of the West Coast

39 What stamens are, in botany

40 Word with change or color

41 Unmasked, say

42 Swears at 43 Travel around the world 46 Stuck in the Middle Ages?

47 Summer cooler

48 Early Macedonian capital

49 Divinity

DOWN

1 Famed Portuguese explorer

2 Good luck with that!

3 “Oh, get outta here!”

4 Lead-in to physical

5 Suspension of a sort

6 Onetime trade org.

7 Sue

8 Target alternative

9 “De dónde ___?” (Spanish

101 query)

10 ___ borer (beetle)

11 Russian Revolution figures

12 Silent counterparts, once

13 Where cruise passengers end up

15 Propensity for pilfering

18 Practice that yields mixed results? 23 New York county near

Pennsylvania

24 Big name in crackers

26 1998 Robert De Niro crime thriller

27 The heart of Paris

28 Try to win, in a way

29 Author/screenwriter Ben

30 “Drink marvelously” sloganeer

31 Trailer

32 Look up, in a way

34 Something a 38-Down likes to eat

35 Current weather concern?

36 Tried-and-true

38 An adult one can spend up to

16 hours a day eating

39 Footslog

41 Contests in which the competitors are eliminated one by one

42 Pulitzer winner Maureen

44 Syringe amts.

45 Soft-spoken words