Crossword puzzle hints - June 05, 2021

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Break down the NYT Crosswords: June 05, 2021

Let's dive into the puzzle, starting with the across clues and answers, followed by the down clues and answers.

Across Clues and Answers:

1. Basketball game in an arcade - Show Answer

POPASHOT

(8 letters)

9. Bad spot for a date? - Show Answer

PIMPLE

(6 letters)

Synonyms: pimple, hickey, zit

15. Death stare - Show Answer

EVILLOOK

(8 letters)

16. Bug's place? - Show Answer

INARUG

(6 letters)

17. Popular dish in Seville - Show Answer

GAZPACHO

(8 letters)

Synonyms: gazpacho

18. Kind of duck - Show Answer

PEKING

(6 letters)

Synonyms: Beijing, Peking, Peiping, capital_of_Red_China

19. ___ Morris, lead character on TV's "Saved by the Bell" - Show Answer

ZACK

(4 letters)

20. Expecting, informally - Show Answer

PREGGO

(6 letters)

21. Heavy metal band that earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019 - Show Answer

BLACKSABBATH

(12 letters)

26. Bar food - Show Answer

TAPAS

(5 letters)

Synonyms: tapa_bark, tappa_bark, tappa, tapa

27. Palter - Show Answer

LIE

(3 letters)

Synonyms: lie_in, consist, rest, lie_down, prevarication, Lie, dwell, Trygve_Halvden_Lie, Trygve_Lie, lie
Antonyms: arise, stand

28. Third-tier caste member in "Brave New World" - Show Answer

GAMMA

(5 letters)

Synonyms: gamma, Gamma, Vasco_da_Gamma, da_Gamma

32. Low stats for some M.V.P. winners - Show Answer

ERAS

(4 letters)

Synonyms: earned_run_average, epoch, era, ERA, geological_era

33. Newspaper designer's responsibility - Show Answer

PAGELAYOUT

(10 letters)

35. Inspired stuff - Show Answer

AIR

(3 letters)

Synonyms: aura, line, aviation, air_out, melodic_phrase, airwave, aerate, send, air, broadcast, beam, transmit, vent, air_travel, tune, zephyr, breeze, melody, publicize, strain, atmosphere, publicise, ventilate, gentle_wind, bare, melodic_line

36. Qualities in music - Show Answer

TIMBRES

(7 letters)

Synonyms: timbre, tone, timber, quality

37. Brand of cashmere pronounced "say" - Show Answer

TSE

(3 letters)

38. Climactic court moment - Show Answer

MATCHPOINT

(10 letters)

40. Actress Seehorn of "Better Call Saul" - Show Answer

RHEA

(4 letters)

Synonyms: rhea, Rhea, nandu, Rhea_americana, Pterocnemia_pennata

41. Way - Show Answer

STYLE

(5 letters)

Synonyms: fashion, mode, style, expressive_style, dash, title, way, elan, flair, panache, vogue, trend, stylus, manner

42. R&B group ___ Hill - Show Answer

DRU

(3 letters)

43. Sta4nce, for instance - Show Answer

REBUS

(5 letters)

Synonyms: rebus

44. Took things to a whole new level - Show Answer

UPPEDTHEGAME

(12 letters)

47. NorCal daily - Show Answer

SACBEE

(6 letters)

50. Assessment, for short - Show Answer

EVAL

(4 letters)

51. "My schedule permitting" - Show Answer

IFICAN

(6 letters)

52. Nail-biter - Show Answer

THRILLER

(8 letters)

Synonyms: thriller

56. Explosive cited in "Hamlet" - Show Answer

PETARD

(6 letters)

Synonyms: petard

57. Qualifying phrase - Show Answer

IBELIEVE

(8 letters)

58. Some ice cream orders - Show Answer

SWIRLS

(6 letters)

Synonyms: swirl, whirlpool, eddy, vortex, twiddle, convolution, purl, whirl, twirl

59. Fly from Honolulu to Tokyo, say - Show Answer

LOSEADAY

(8 letters)

Down Clues and Answers:

1. Marker in the game Battleship - Show Answer

PEG

(3 letters)

Synonyms: stick, leg, nail_down, thole, nog, nail, peg_down, peg, wooden_leg, oarlock, tholepin, rowlock, pin, pegleg

2. Ingredients in Caesar's salads? - Show Answer

OVA

(3 letters)

Synonyms: egg_cell, ovum

3. Social event in which the food is usually ordered in - Show Answer

PIZZAPARTY

(10 letters)

4. Sources of hypoallergenic fiber - Show Answer

ALPACAS

(7 letters)

Synonyms: alpaca, Lama_pacos

5. Casual wear - Show Answer

SLACKS

(6 letters)

Synonyms: slake, quagmire, abate, slack_water, slackness, relax, slump, slacks, slow_down, morass, falloff, die_away, slack_off, quag, slow_up, slacken, slow, let_up, slack_up, falling_off, mire, slack, drop-off

6. Pawns - Show Answer

HOCKS

(5 letters)

Synonyms: hock, Rhenish, Rhine_wine, pawn, hock-joint, soak

7. "You're in such trouble!" - Show Answer

OOH

(3 letters)

Synonyms: ooh, aah

8. Ringside call - Show Answer

TKO

(3 letters)

Synonyms: technical_knockout, TKO

9. Prince William's sister-in-law - Show Answer

PIPPA

(5 letters)

10. It won't react well - Show Answer

INERTGAS

(8 letters)

11. Take advantage of the situation - Show Answer

MAKEHAY

(7 letters)

12. Moralizing sort - Show Answer

PRIG

(4 letters)

Synonyms: snob, prig, snoot, snot

13. Pulmonologist's study - Show Answer

LUNG

(4 letters)

Synonyms: lung

14. Toaster Strudel alternative - Show Answer

EGGO

(4 letters)

21. They're brought in for starters - Show Answer

BTEAMS

(6 letters)

22. Aid in rounding up - Show Answer

LARIAT

(6 letters)

Synonyms: riata, reata, lasso, lariat

23. Like some desserts - Show Answer

ALAMODE

(7 letters)

24. 8'2" children's character - Show Answer

BIGBIRD

(7 letters)

25. Bar tidbit - Show Answer

BEERNUT

(7 letters)

29. Postponed indefinitely - Show Answer

MOTHBALLED

(10 letters)

Synonyms: mothball

30. Sight along the National Mall in Washington - Show Answer

MUSEUM

(6 letters)

Synonyms: museum

31. Unstressed - Show Answer

ATEASE

(6 letters)

33. Spot on a face - Show Answer

PIP

(3 letters)

Synonyms: mop_up, whip, pip, hit, shoot, rack_up, worst, blip, radar_target, spot

34. Cause for a replay - Show Answer

LET

(3 letters)

Synonyms: get, let, Lashkar-e-Taiba, permit, lease, allow, countenance, Lashkar-e-Toiba, net_ball, have, rent, Lashkar-e-Tayyiba, LET, Army_of_the_Righteous, Army_of_the_Pure
Antonyms: disallow, forbid, prevent