1. Goader
2. Dramatic beginning
3. Vt. ski resort
4. Morsels
5. Expresses delight
6. "... the two shall be as __" ("The Wedding Song")
7. Some Edwardian-era portraits
8. "Operation Bikini" co-star (1963)
9. "Dilemma" rapper
10. Myrmecologist's study
11. Last in a series, perhaps
12. Mentor's offering
13. Some hospital workers
14. High-waisted to the extreme
16. "Sweets"
22. Advances
23. Craftsman sellers
25. Lisa of "A Different World"
26. Less specious
27. Kid-lit Judy Moody series author McDonald
28. Reached
29. Shock __
30. Personal annoyance
31. Corncob section
32. Merited
34. 1936 N.L. leader in slugging percentage
36. Cato's appellation, with "the"
37. Kitchen prep job
38. As a unit
39. Polish city where Solidarity was founded
41. Christopher of "Remains of the Day"
42. Crew leader
44. "Divine Comedy" river
45. Sci-fi character who graduated from Starfleet Academy in 2359
47. Melber of MSNBC
48. Author Umberto