The Washington Post Crossword Answers – Tuesday June 1 2021

Here are the answers to The Washington Post Crossword puzzles Tuesday June 1 2021.
“Booksmart” director Wilde – OLIVIA
“Bottomless” brunch drinks – MIMOSAS
“Sisters” star Ward – SELA
“__ Blinded Me With Science”: 1983 hit – SHE
+ or – particles – IONS
14-inch paper size – LEGAL
Activist and tennis legend Arthur – ASHE
Barn-raising sect – AMISH
Batman villain who carries a double-headed coin – TWOFACE
Big Aussie bird – EMU
Big name in banking – CITI
Big-screen format – IMAX
Bit of ink – TAT
Bit of staircase babyproofing – GATE
Bordeaux, say – WINE
Breathtaking regimen? – AEROBICEXERCISE
Cannes subject – CINE
Cares for, as a garden – TENDS
Explorer – SEEKER
Flat contract – LEASE
Former name of Denver’s Ball Arena – PEPSICENTER
Foxy – SLY
Get a delicate dialogue started … and a hint to 17-, 25-, 34- and 49-Across – BREAKTHEICE
Goes into low-power mode – SLEEPS
Hightail it – BOLT
Horror movie helper – IGOR
Italian dumplings – GNOCCHI
JFK posting – ETD
Jogging wear – SWEATS
Key in the water – ISLE
LeBron until 2010, for short – CAV
Like some decorative glass – STAINED
Loads – HEAPS
Longoria of “Desperate Housewives” – EVA
Loud comics sound – BAM
Machine Gun Kelly or Pretty Boy Floyd – PUBLICENEMY
Manitoba tribe – CREE
Mature – AGE
Melt – THAW
Missy Elliott genre – RAP
Musician’s asset – EAR
Object from a much earlier time – RELIC
One with a code name – SPY
Pests whose name means “fly” in a Bantu language – TSETSES
Private __ – EYE
Put away – EAT
Qatari leader – EMIR
Quell – ALLAY
R&B great James – ETTA
R&B’s Boyz II __ – MEN
Renter – TENANT
Run after – CHASE
Sandwich letters – BLT
See 24-Down – ENDERS
Slip slowly through the cracks – SEEP
Slipped up – ERRED
Soothing balm – SALVE
Soothing cuppa – HOTTEA
Spud – TATER
State-of-the-art – NEWEST
Stephen of “V for Vendetta” – REA
Strand at the airport, say – FOGIN
Suckling spot – TEAT
Top dogs – ALPHAS
Transgression – SIN
Triumphed – WON
Tweets – CHIRPS
Under the weather – ILL
Underwater shocker – ELECTRICEEL
Very few – NOTALOT
Whirlpool – EDDY
Wild guesses – STABS
Wildly excited – MANIC
With 13-Down, collisions from behind – REAR
Women’s __ – LIB
Worked the soil – HOED