Rye bread-based drink. I've tried it so you don't have to, though millions of Poles would disagree. It sounds a bit like a duck calling someone a jerk.
11A
Giant Giant
14A
___ Coppola-Cage (Nicolas Cage's son, named after Superman)
15A
Home planet of Amidala and Palpatine
16A
Pal (especially when fishing?)
17A
How you might know what's for dinner
18A
Switch positions?
19A
Intersection of crackers and hotels
20A
Neighborly words in a Mass
23A
Its capital is C.C.
24A
Erases ink, maybe
25A
Uncollectible
29A
"You may commence playing," much less formally
32A
Org. for NYY and NYM
33A
Catch
34A
Tab setting til 2020
36A
Where Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon (also the title of a wonderful novel by Emily St. John Mandel)
40A
Some towelettes
41A
Court:love::pitch:___
42A
___ Turner, or Trea Turner on his 32 Across debut
43A
"Just by chance you crossed the diamond with the ____" (Steely Dan, "Kid Charlemagne")
44A
They may leave you wanting more
47A
Warty creatures
50A
Mesozoic, e.g.
51A
Common invocation seeking courage, acceptance, and wisdom
57A
It's usually black in London and yellow in New York
58A
"Reproductive Freedom for All" org.
59A
NBA hall-of-famer Thomas (Detroit Pistons)
61A
___jack (card game requiring quick reactions)
62A
Notorious Gay
63A
Beetle Bailey character
64A
PIN place
65A
Get back to
66A
Check out
Verticali
1D
The ___talites (early ___ band)
2D
Instrument heard on the Beatles "She's Leaving Home"
3D
Soothing succulent
4D
Send back, judicially
5D
Set
6D
Handle type
7D
Blade
8D
"Life Is Just ___ of Cherries" (American songbook standard sung by Judy Garland, Doris Day, many others)
9D
Third oldest European capital after Athens and Rome
10D
Good thing to cry on, bad thing to drive on
11D
State whose 3 largest cities all start with "C"
12D
Ballet gear
13D
Fox-owned tabloid/gossip property
16D
Ice or sugar, e.g.
21D
Party professional
22D
Klum or Gardner
25D
Grawlix cousin
26D
Diminish
27D
Blocks
28D
Common placeholder
30D
Logically enough, it's harder than frosting
31D
"Save the ___" (foundation fighting breast cancer)
32D
Deg. for a counselor
34D
Approx. 6.45 cm^2
35D
Pub with a weekly "By the Book" interview
37D
Traveling
38D
____ Islands (Danish territory)
39D
Common orientation for a 32 Across stadium (it keeps the sun out of the batter's eyes in the afternoon)