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