L.A. TIMES CROSSWORD

ACROSS

1 Desert Storm missile

5 Jed Clampett portrayer Buddy

10 Newspaper ad meas.

14 Greek liqueur

15 Like much snack food

16 German wheels

17 Optimistic viewpoint to “look on”

19 “The Way You Love Me” singer Faith

20 Comfort

21 Medieval clubs

22 Vampire played by Cruise

26 Offhand comment

29 Breathed out

31 Connects (to)

34 Eastern neighbor of Tenn.

35 “FBI” actress De La Garza

37 “Strange Magic” rock band

38 California's Big __

39 Know-it-all

41 UFC sport

42 Psychic's “gift”

43 “Gesundheit!” evoker

44 For each unit

45 Emancipate

47 Middle of __: remote area

50 Restaurant chef's workload

52 Came close to

53 Singer Joplin

55 Taste defeat

57 Strong desire

58 Samsung product

64 Any thing, say

65 Bamboo muncher

66 Black stone

67 Pigged out (on), briefly

68 Fur tycoon

69 Designer Chanel

DOWN

1 Cry noisily

2 Many a stray 4-Down

3 Special forces weapon

4 Hound

5 Sprawling property

6 Barbershop quartet member

7 More underhanded

8 Flight board abbr.

9 “Bill __ Saves the World”: science talk show

10 Arid African expanse

11 Hothead's trait

12 Wait in traffic

13 Rock's Lofgren

18 Get better

21 Southeast Asia's __ Peninsula

22 Camera attachments

23 Reason for absence

24 Wicked wit

25 Driveway surface

27 Jeremy Irons film based on a Christopher Paolini fantasy novel

28 Bill of fare

30 One of Santa's reindeer

32 “Get Shorty” novelist __ Leonard

33 Lathered (up)

36 Late July zodiac sign

39 City districts

40 Slushy treat

44 “I understand now!”

46 Ally

48 GM security system

49 Blubber

51 Point of view

53 Roman queen of the gods

54 Retired MLB slugger

56 Word on a dollar

58 Place for TLC

59 Humanities degs.

60 Ad __ committee

61 Lennon's love

62 Grand Central Sta. site

63 Skeleton prefix