Very challenging but fun. It made me feel old at times but I appreciated the quantity of fresh, relevant fill, and original ways of clueing many crossword mainstays.
Shirt that might say "I flexed and the sleeves fell off"
22A
Makes like a tree and ___
24A
Overhead
25A
Arcade machine feature
28A
Preceder of ball or point
29A
"As if!"
30A
Got ready for a concert
32A
Model airplane material
34A
Yellow or green Manhattan sighting
37A
Caught up in the web?
40A
"Whatever"
41A
Prepares for a new arrival
42A
"Into the Woods" antagonist
43A
Vape
45A
Memoji platform
47A
Bassist for Red Hot Chili Peppers
48A
"gtfo!"
50A
Dirty ___ (Twitter practice)
52A
Musk who posted a Twitter poll asking "Much is made lately of unrealized gains being a means of tax avoidance, so I propose selling 10% of my Tesla stock. Do you support this?" and then ... did? as if that makes up for it
53A
They look forward to your return
54A
"Mysterious Messages Concerning the ___ Dinner," precursor to "A Series of Unfortunate Events"
58A
Milk stout component
60A
MetaCrawler competitor
61A
Dinner and a show?
62A
Left over
63A
Makes known
64A
Bit of BDSM gear
Verticales
1D
In the thick of
2D
It might be a bog? or a fen? or a swamp?
3D
"Hot ___" (Youtube interview series)
4D
Sometimes false Instagram hashtag
5D
Stitches per inch, for a knitter
6D
Prepare for a diaper change
7D
Direction from 1-Across to 50-Across
8D
Goods
9D
"Voulez-vous coucher ___ moi?"
10D
Superhunky supermodel Wada
11D
Father of Ariel
12D
Type of relationship discussed in Linsday Ellis's "Manufacturing Authenticity (For Fun and Profit)!"
13D
Changemaker
14D
Ikea products with boys' names
20D
Extra shots, perhaps
23D
"Good ___ only"
24D
"All Things Considered" host Ailsa
25D
Where every rose has its thorn
26D
Fancy schmancy
27D
Like a good drink or a bad relationship
29D
Org. Captain America belonged to
31D
What Justin and Britney wore to the 2001 AMAs
33D
Product facing shortages in 2020
35D
Diarist Lister portrayed in "Gentleman Jack"
36D
Early access period
38D
Love interest in "Hercules" or "Hades"
39D
24 hours, for a mayfly
44D
"No way."
46D
Kia minivan
48D
Movie for which John Legend and Common won the Best Original Song Oscar
49D
"___trophobic? Who'd ever be scared of Santa ___? Ohhhh, the Jewish." ("The Good Place" quote)