ACROSS
1. Soaks
6. Shoe accessory
13. "The best ___ to come!"
14. "If ___ fails"
15. "That's an understatement"
17. Wind or water
18. Lipton competitor
19. Stops: Abbr.
20. Recognition response
22. Abbr. at the bottom of a letter
23. "Mary ___ little lamb"
25. The Bell Jar writer
27. Overly giving
30. Smokejumper's need
31. Flat
32. Drawing, say
33. Board member: Abbr.
34. Thompson of Brideshead Revisited
38. "Me too!"
41. GM security system
43. It may be given to the boss
45. Opener
46. Home health hazard
47. In sequence
48. Roto-Rooter alternative
DOWN
1. Snacks
2. Of ___ (somewhat)
3. Big name in poultry
4. Actor's pic
5. Eye sore
6. "A likely story!"
7. McNulty's ex on The Wire
8. Glamour rival
9. Remains
10. Tableland
11. Yields
12. Rip off
16. Traffic
21. Vietnam's capital
24. Get on in years
25. Before: Prefix
26. Navigational aid
27. Hurler
28. Not getting up
29. Noted bankruptcy of 2001
30. Cuba's president Raul
33. This, in Thüringen
35. Highest peak in Crete: Abbr.
36. Georgia city
37. "There ___ stupid questions"
39. ___ bit (slightly)
40. Within reach
42. Sud's opposite
44. Simple sneaker