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 ( ...

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 ...

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] ...

Christina Iverson presents a clean and cozy themeless puzzle.

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 ...

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 — ...

13A./16A. These stacked entries are interesting when combined with LAMAZE, which is right above them. The entry for 13A, [Etymologists’ interests], is ORIGINS, which is straightforward. The clue at ...

71D. This is a divine word to debut in a crossword puzzle! [Out of patience] solves to EXASPERATED, which describes a foundational emotional state of solving and has somehow never found its way ...

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The two-season comedy “The Smoking Room” (on the Roku Channel) premiered in Britain in 2004, and in some ways it can feel ...

Young people may be drinking fewer alcoholic beverages, but natural wine appears to be among their favorite choices.