Tuesday, May 16 2017, Debbie Ellerin

Theme: Retro TV. The circled letters, when read backwards, spell out a network.

17. Two-time Emmy winner for "30 Rock" : ALEC BALDWIN. ABC.

 39. San Francisco neighborhood : NOB HILL. HBO.

11. Umami detectors : TASTE BUDS. BET. Umami is one of the five basic tastes (together with sweetness, sourness, bitterness, and saltiness). It has been described as brothy or meaty.

34. Where to pick up "will call" tickets : BOX OFFICE. FOX.

62. Unofficial means of communication, and a hint to each set of circled letters : BACK CHANNEL

Across       
 

1. Latvian capital : RIGA
 

5. Sites for vows : ALTARS. (There's one in my near future 💘.)
 

11. Blues great __ Mahal : TAJ
 

14. Turow book set at Harvard : ONE L

15. __ pork: Chinese dish with pancakes : MOOSHU
 

16. Yellowfin tuna : AHI

19. Bart, to Homer : SON
 

20. Vixen teammate : DASHER
 

21. '80s Indiana senator Quayle : DAN
 

22. Underworld river : STYX. Greek mythology.
 

23. Dug up dandelions, say : WEEDED
 

25. Like some bank accounts : NO FEE
 

27. Doles (out) : METES
 

29. Place for bottom feeders : SEA BED
 

32. Red gemstone : RUBY
 

35. Walked (on) : TROD
 

37. Avoid capture by : ELUDE
 

38. Artist Yoko : ONO

41. Poorly lit : DIM
 

42. The South : DIXIE
 

44. Boo Boo's pal : YOGI
 

45. Analogy words : IS TO
 

46. Squirreled away : STORED
 

48. Records for later watching : TIVOS
 

50. Castro of Cuba : FIDEL
 

52. Electric cars named for a physicist : TESLAS
 

55. Sports officials : REFS. No indication of shortened word.
 

57. Chinese chairman : MAO
 

59. Monopoly square with a question mark : CHANCE

 

61. Former White House Press Secretary Fleischer : ARI

64. Attack, to Fido : SIC
 

65. Five Nations tribe : ONEIDA
 

66. Tennis drop shot : DINK. New to me. From tennis.com: "When the dink is used correctly it’s an important addition to any passing-shot arsenal. Unlike a drive, a well-placed dink forces the volleyer to hit up while creating his own pace, and only the most solid volleyers will be able to strike a forcing shot from this position."
 

67. Text giggle : HEE
 

68. Most weird : ODDEST
 

69. Catches sight of : SEES

Down
 

1. "Rocky __ to Dublin": Irish tune : ROAD

 

2. Kin by marriage : IN LAW
 

3. Sixth-day-of-Christmas gift : GEESE
 

4. Lead-to-gold pseudoscience : ALCHEMY
 

5. Almond-flavored liqueur : AMARETTO
 

6. Tweeter's titter : LOL
 

7. Broadway barber Sweeney __ : TODD
 

8. Dam on the Nile : ASWAN
 

9. Safari herbivores : RHINOS
 

10. Word with screen or block : SUN

12. Nautical cry : AHOY
 

13. Bring bad luck : JINX
 

18. George Eliot's "Adam __" : BEDE

 

22. Navy commando : SEAL
 

24. Annual Kentucky event : DERBY
 

26. Intuit : FEEL
 

28. Really sexy : SO HOT
 

30. Clean up Time? : EDIT
 

31. Trade show model : DEMO
 

32. Anglers' gear : RODS
 

33. Textbook division : UNIT

36. Entry in a sudoku square : DIGIT
 

39. "All You __ Is Love" : NEED

 

40. Online customer service option : LIVE CHAT
 

43. Eye part : IRIS
 

45. Cruise stops : ISLANDS
 

47. Insist on : DEMAND
 

49. Labor Dept. arm : OSHA
 

51. Tied, as skates : LACED
 

53. "Tomorrow" musical : ANNIE
 

54. Movie trailer segment : SCENE
 

55. Itchy red area : RASH
 

56. Buffalo's Great Lake : ERIE
 

58. Sooner migrant : OKIE
 

60. Part of BPOE : ELKS. Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

62. Ghostly greeting : BOO
 

63. Fixed-term investments, briefly : CDS