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 50-Across 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

worshiper 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