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 Belair”

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

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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