Daily American Crossword

28 February

Across

1 "Goldberg Variations" composer
5 Fancy foot work?
9 Informal talk
13 Knock for __
15 C & W showplace
16 Charlie Chaplin's wife
17 Minolta competitor
18 Mother of Apollo
19 Computer operating system
20 Native New Zealander
21 Ferber novel
23 Priestly robes
25 Decreased?
26 Killer
29 Allege
31 Unheeded prophetess
33 Blister
37 East of Essen
38 Sisterly
41 Bruins Bobby
42 "Hold it!"
44 Talus
46 Lerner collaborator
49 Paid, as a bill
50 Observation
53 Lack
54 Allowable variation
57 Played
61 In a while
62 Sped
63 Lorelei's river
64 "The Immoralist" author
65 Author Bagnold
66 Actor Alain
67 Slacken

68 Ball girls?
69 Moist

Down

1 Malt liquor yeast
2 Inter __
3 Fashion designer Chanel
4 Cheers
5 Greek city-state
6 Oil group
7 Art Deco designer
8 Nearsightedness
9 Unit of electric charge
10 Silk fabric
11 "Have __ day!"

12 Burdened
14 Verne's Fogg
22 Jackie's second
24 Chief city of Moravia
26 Broad boat
27 Whip
28 Concerning
29 Beldame
30 Early riser
32 Old West challenge
34 Spoils
35 White-tailed sea eagle
36 Engendered
39 __ Romeo
40 Virginia Woolf's husband

43 Property receiver
45 Bungled
47 Crew member
48 Gleeful
50 French story
51 The merry widow in "The Merry Widow"
52 Trudges
53 Unwanted vegetation
55 Not any
56 Baby's bed
58 Bit of mosaic
59 Sufficient for a poet
60 Contradict