(1/7) Bright lights, buzzing machines, and the smell of buttery popcorn ... your perfect arcade day starts now! Ready to ___ some games? Crossword Clue

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(1/7) Bright lights, buzzing machines, and the smell of buttery popcorn ... your perfect arcade day starts now! Ready to ___ some games? Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. contend against an opponent in a sport, game, or battle
2. pretend to have certain qualities or state of mind
(noun)
1. a dramatic work intended for performance by actors on a stage
2. the act using a sword (or other weapon) vigorously and skillfully

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BUZZING (adjective)
1. noisy like the sound of a bee
BUTTERY (adjective)
1. unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech
2. resembling or containing or spread with butter
BUTTERY (noun)
1. a small storeroom for storing foods or wines
2. a teashop where students in British universities can purchase light meals

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
PALY

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Across

1. Pirate's vessel that may sink

5. Summer cooling appliances: Abbr.

8. Arrow's partner:

11. Within arm's reach, say

12. Scottish headwear (anagram of "mat")

13. Honest President on the penny, lovingly

14. Prefix with "present" or "potent"

15. Aloe ___ (soothing lotion ingredient)

16. Lobster eater's mealtime wear

17. Place to see lions and pandas

21. Ambulance crew member: Abbr.

22. Golfing legend Ernie ___

23. Letter in a dollar sign, phonetically

26. Suffix with "mountain" or "auction"

28. Burger's fizzy companion

32. (2/7) First stop: the ___ coin machine. You feed it some cash and watch as a pile of coins tumbles out. Let the games begin!

34. Celestial sphere, like a planet

37. Video's counterpart, for short

38. Shape on a Chinese checkers board

39. "Who Wants to ___ Millionaire?": 2 wds.

40. Curtain holder

41. Soap-maker's ingredient

44. Organization for the Yankees and Dodgers: Abbr.

46. (3/7) Where to next? You spot the racing game and slide into the driver's ___. Hands on the wheel, foot on the pedal ... the race is on!

47. Tilt, like the tower in Pisa

50. Detonation letters

52. Make frothy, as cream

55. In the thick of

57. Santana's "___ Como Va"

58. Wine valley in California

59. (4/7) Time for some Whac-A-___ action! You raise the mallet, take aim, and start bopping those sneaky critters before they disappear!

60. Slangy "sure"

61. Approving head bob

62. "The ___ & Stimpy Show" (animated series)

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Down

1. ___-cone (cold treat)

2. Skirt's sewn border

3. “Lost” actor Somerhalder

4. (5/7) You decide to test your luck at the claw machine! You insert a coin, eyes on the ___. The claw drops, grips ... and grabs!

5. Had a smoothie bowl, say

6. ___ diem ("Seize the day!")

7. "S" on a T-shirt

8. One in a diaper

9. Kimono sash

10. Spider's woven trap

15. Participate in elections, say

18. Scary sign of things to come

20. The “A” of LMAO

23. Flying saucer passengers: Abbr.

24. Regular pub crawler, perhaps

25. Reggae's kin (anagram of "ask")

27. Loot a house, say

29. Dinghy propeller

30. Jack and Jill, e.g.

31. Use a plus sign

33. "Perry Mason" series writer ___ Gardner

35. "Everybody Hurts" band

36. (6/7) One last challenge: the pinball machine! You launch the ___ and it zooms through ramps and bumpers. Can you beat the high score?

42. "Contagious" sign of sleep or boredom

43. Actor ___ Hawke of "Before Sunrise"

45. Laser light

46. Choreographer's unit

48. "Omnia Vincit ___" ("Love conquers all")

49. Cleopatra's river

50. (7/7) The final game is over and all the coins are spent. With sore fingers and a stuffed ___ in hand, you exit the arcade!

51. "Science Guy" Bill who's a contemporary of Neil DeGrasse Tyson

53. Wall Street launch Abbr.

54. A mouse may move across one

56. Hibernation site for a bear, perhaps

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