playingwithfire Tempting fate Incautious activity Doing something dangerous The harried circus pyro-performer was ___ Inviting danger Incautious approach Doing something risky ... or a hint to the last words of 18-, 24-, 49- and 58-Across Inviting danger ... the end of which can precede each half of the answer to each asterisked clue Taking chances Rash Doing something risky ... Living dangerously