Today’s Crossword

ACROSS

1 Croquet surfaces 6 Chic

11 Christopher

A. Wray’s org. 14 Roundish

15 Course without

much challenge 16 Neurotic cartoon

dog

17 Dual-purpose

machine

19 Trauma ctrs. 20 Airport limo driver’s

concern, briefly 21 “Later, dude” 22 Scrawny

24 One in the woods? 26 End of the end of “Gone With the Wind”

28 Water filter brand 30 Socialite adopted

by the media 31 In-house trial 36 Cool drink

37 Lower

40 Court org.

42 Shut the door on 43 “How pathetic!” 46 “Tree of Smoke”

novelist Johnson 50 Place to order

matzo ball soup 55 Facebook entry 56 Yarn coil

57 Words of urgency 59 WWII battle site,

for short

60 Rock concert effect 61 Certain investor

... and, based on the word hidden in each, what 17-, 26-, 37- or 50Across is? 64 Tokyo-born artist 65 Jazz pianist Chick 66 Flash of light 67 Word with cell or

cent

68 Vacuum

attachments 69 Like R.L. Stine stories

DOWN

1 Serious state of

decline 2 Personification 3 Pungent condiment 4 __ degree

5 Flow slowly 6 Four-door ride,

usually

7 Call in a pool game 8 Until now 9 Manhattan liquor 10 Walmart rival

11 Like some revealing

slips?

12 Name associated

with alpine rescues 13 Fashion magazine 18 Actor Stephen 23 Tango land: abbr. 25 Words to a traitor 27 Vishnu worshipper 29 Fizzy prefix 32 Take the wheel 33 Appreciative text 34 __ hall

35 Bus. card address 37 Baal

38 Like 2017

39 Lose it, in a way 40 Requests

41 Trilogy starter 44 Sushi fish 45 Decent sort 47 “Darned if I know” 48 “Cross my heart!” 49 Tempestuous 51 Some designer

gowns 52 Award show VIP 53 Haas of “Witness” 54 Suffix suggesting

resemblance 58 Outfits

62 And

63 Business letters