Taste Test by Fred Piscop

Across 1. Antlered deer 5. "Be silent," in music 10. Out of whack 14. Stackable cookie 15. "Haste makes waste," e.g. 16. Lieutenant Kojak 17. Fruit in an Aesop fable 19. "Got __?" (classic ad catch phrase) 20. Come next 21. Business sign abbr. 23. Pirouette pivot 24. South-of-the-border snoozes 27. Steak selection 29. Battery fluid 31. "This instant!" 34. Feuding families, say 37. "Serpico" author Peter 39. Broken-down horse 40. Unappetizing fare 41. Cussword-laced verbiage 46. Biblical dancer 47. Chutzpah 48. __ length (photog's concern) 50. Fixes, as brakes 55. Architect I.M. __ 57. Each, informally 59. Concert venue 60. Chopped down 62. Valentine recipient 65. Soccer immortal 66. Coeur d'__, Idaho 67. __ gin fizz 68. Electrical letters 69. Steven of Aerosmith 70. Watch over Down 1. Hydrant hookups 2. Rice-__

3. Get extra life from 4. Donut, mathematically 5. Road crew's supply 6. Toothpaste box letters 7. Bullfighter's need 8. Cast out 9. Anti-nuke agreement 10. 24-hr. bank feature 11. It flows to Khartoum 12. Move, in Realtor-speak 13. Oxen coupler 18. Reach effectively 22. __ on (spoil) 25. Take steps 26. City in Tuscany 28. Chinese menu phrase 30. Sturm und __ 32. Co. bigwig 33. Paranormal power 34. Batter's workplace 35. Rejoinder to "Ain't!" 36. Samantha of "The Collector" 37. Submissions to eds. 38. Super bond rating 42. Village People classic 43. Shows enthusiasm for 44. Suffix with glob 45. Koran deity 49. Humble 51. "__ my case!" 52. Author Zora __ Hurston 53. Infamous name in corporate scandal 54. Filled to the gills 55. Hemingway sobriquet 56. 32-Down, for one 58. Banana throwaway 61. Caroling mo. 63. Suffix with benz 64. Three times, in an Rx Copyright © MacNamara's Band, Inc.