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 ...

At Grace Church in Waco, Texas, the Generation Z gender divide can be seen in the pews. It has the potential to reshape both ...

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 ( ...

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 ...

In Connections, each category has a different difficulty level. Yellow is the simplest, and purple is the most difficult.

Global leaders will meet at the U.N. this week for their annual gathering. There, Biden will face pressure to loosen ...

Christina Iverson presents a clean and cozy themeless puzzle.

Law enforcement officials are working to curb the growth of Tren de Aragua, a gang that began in a Venezuelan prison and has ...

But when Stella Bugbee, the editor of the Times’s Styles section, pointed me to data showing a 64 percent surge in elective ...