Across
1
1962 #1 hit that the BBC once deemed “too morbid” to play : MONSTERMASH
12
Supplements supplier : GNC
15
First person plural? : EDITORIALWE
16
Friend of Lumpy the Heffalump : ROO
17
Highest bar? : LIFETIMEBAN
18
Directional suffix : ERN
19
Frosty the Snowman’s nose, for one : BUTTON
20
Like Chicago, geographically : UPSTATE
22
Meatless food brand : AMYS
23
Where some vets were based : NAM
25
They may be mild or minced : OATHS
26
First indication : ONSET
29
Makes out in England : SNOGS
30
Comment made with eyes closed, perhaps : ICANTWATCH
34
Quench : SATE
36
Shorthand at a coffee shop : CAF
37
Talks smack about : HATESON
39
What may come as a relief? : MAP
40
Does something accidentally, perhaps : ERRS
42
“Don’t tell me what happens yet!” : NOSPOILERS
44
Silly ones : GOOFS
46
Actress Smith of “Why Did I Get Married?” : TASHA
47
Daredevil’s helmet attachment, maybe : GOPRO
48
Windows portal : MSN
49
Genre for Blackpink or Red Velvet : KPOP
53
Steak option for a pescatarian : AHITUNA
55
Lasting forever, once : ETERNE
57
Comfy bit of footwear : MOC
58
Inclination to prioritize new events over historical ones : RECENCYBIAS
61
Monogram of 1964’s Nobel Peace laureate : MLK
62
What a camera emoji in an Instagram caption often signifies : PHOTOCREDIT
63
Things people pay not to see : ADS
64
They know what you’re thinking : MINDREADERS
Down
1
Toast opening? : MELBA
2
Sense of loathing : ODIUM
3
“Swell!” : NIFTY
4
University in central Florida : STETSON
5
Completely, after “in” : TOTO
6
Actress Moriarty of “The Boys” : ERIN
7
Something salted at a Mexican restaurant : RIM
8
Engineer/astronaut Jemison : MAE
9
Something that’s dropped after it’s finished : ALBUM
10
Cashless deal : SWAP
11
Creator of TV’s “Fraggle Rock” : HENSON
12
Unlikely comment from a sore loser : GREATGAME
13
Guiding light : NORTHSTAR
14
Markers used in zigzag drills : CONES
21
County with 17 of New Mexico’s 25 highest peaks : TAOS
23
“Swell!” : NEATO
24
Validates, with “to” : ATTESTS
27
Last in a series : NTH
28
Septet in a carol : SWANS
29
Waves away : SHOOS
30
Word with cap or cream : ICE
31
Place to deliver the goods : CARGOHOLD
32
Ones long in the tooth? : AFROPICKS
33
First network to broadcast a live session of the House of Representatives : CSPAN
35
Short records, for short : EPS
38
Medical research org. : NIH
41
Arrange : SORT
43
Locale for many a sunken boat : LAKEBED
45
Early happy hour start time : FOURPM
47
Delta follows it : GAMMA
48
Georgia city with the Tubman Museum : MACON
50
___ parade : PRIDE
51
[We’re broadcasting! Don’t interrupt!] : ONAIR
52
Exterminators’ targets : PESTS
54
Soft drink brand that sounds like a type of sock : NEHI
55
“___ homo” : ECCE
56
Banks who coined the term “smizing” : TYRA
59
Flight abbr. : ETD
60
Negative connector : NOR
Answer summary: 7 unique to this puzzle.
