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Safety device for passenger feeling interest? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airbag

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'safety device' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'passenger feeling interest?' is the wordplay.
'passenger feeling' becomes 'air' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'interest?' becomes 'bag' (I've seen this before).
'air'+'bag'='AIRBAG'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for airbag that I've seen before include "Protection" , "thing rarely subject to inflation" , "Rapidly-inflating car safety device" , "that's deployed to save a life" , "cushion" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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