40D. [Positions of intense scrutiny] are known — in one such cultural expression — to be HOT SEATS. This is also how I’d describe most seats on the subway, which I usually jump to occupy mere seconds ...

PARA CHUTE intersects with 91-Across, [What a police escort may offer], or SAFE PASSAGE. TEAM E VENT crosses 95-Across, [Classic cover-ups for spies], or TRENCH COATS. A PASSAGE, a TRENCH and a TUBE — ...

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39D. It’s funny how words on a page from childhood can settle in one’s mind for decades. The [Plant also known as coffeeweed] ...

29A. If you are using a kite to get high, you may be doing it wrong. But a person who rises high in the air using a kite ( ...

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35A. This clue is delightful: When reading [A whole bunch of people in a row], make “row” rhyme with “Ow!” The answer is MELEE, a chaotic slugfest. (“Row” in this sense is more common in Britain and ...

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