The New York Times crossword puzzle

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