Spookiness Rating: 1

Crossword

Many things of the sort in the previous cryptic have fled in screaming terror from the things in this one. (In so doing, they overlooked something important.)

ACROSS

1. Methodless nim-playing leads to unconstructive moves? (13)
13. I shall eat imaginary creatures, primarily chilled (2, 3)    
14. Give directions to Saint Eligius's first-aid facility (5)    
15. Carmen, for example, twirled a rope (5) 
16. Wild loot-getting entertainment, fundamentally! (5)
17. French explorer of Greenland seizes river of iron (6)  
19. Aaaaaaaaargh! 
20. Faints over nothing when surrounded by fools (6)    
23. Yiiiiiiiiiiie! 
24. Dissonance of tin note ain't carelessness (11)  
27. Resume' of Eva Peron, showing lack of leadership (4)     
28. Christie stripped in Goliath's home town (4) 
30. Measures from _Mars_ (4) 
31. Haul around Hawaiian art (4)        
39. Make coffee for a thousand (4)   
43. When gold is hoarded, times will be tight (4)      
44. Beds unloved geezers (4) 
45. The initial regret is real (4)
46. Eeeeeeeeeeeek! 
47. Watch -- part of Maxim's is occupied by superheroes? (10)   
50. Liked to fly around top of night light (6)
53. Livid about journey around East (4)  
54. I'd root around for a doughnut (6)   
55. Amendment talking about liquor would be wrong (5)   
56. I will get into weird tune and harmonize (5)       
57. The Ephesian Goddess is a help to the West (5)
58. "The musician's very 'in,'" Callas said (5)   
59. Waaaaaaauuugggh! 

DOWN

1. Aaaaaaaiiiieeee! 
2. We will take on uprising, being sufficiently old (4)  
3. Aaaaaaaaccck! 
4. Frenchman's the one to produce Spinks headliner (4)
5. Yep, ents destroyed an old English metropolitan borough (7) 
6. That woman's excellent present (4)   
7. Geeky limey takes in train with joy (7) 
8. Muses about Anglican kind of creed (6)      
9. Ambivalent towards nurse (4) 
10. Kudrow and Wynn spun clockwise (6)  
11. I go on about small slowdown being annoyance (8)   
12. Gasp! A dashing English revolutionary gets a little sleep (6)  
18. Counterfeit coin's image (4)      
21. A hot, naughty, rude word (4)   
22. How one yells, "Roast is dry" (4)   
25. At first, Escoffier leaves latkes cooking and speaks (5)    
26. Spied hot individual sporting loincloth (5) 
27. Display of melted planet, dearie, going up Canis Major's nose (9)   
29. Yaaaaaaaaaaiiiii! 
33. Discuss birds arising in an ancient region (7) 
34. Luther has one drink (7)
35. Throw completely (4)
36. Convinced fish had spoken (4) 
37. Yaaaaaarrgggggggggh! 
38. Raise hollow marionettes heavenward (4, 2)
40. Geometer I clued incorrectly (6)       
41. Spartan abandoning small, oily partner? (6)    
42. Perhaps shot of a male stooge leaving Earth (4) 
48. Ruler with highest power, in short! (4)    
49. Moan about Chomsky (4)   
51. I ruled Persia (4)    
52. Left each realm's leader a king (4)