Thursday April 20, 2023 Shannon Rapp & Dan Schwartz
Today's constructors are LAT veterans and sometime collaborators Dan Schwartz and Shannon Rapp, aka Norah Sharpe , who invite us to enter the crossworld of benign Diplopia ... Seeing Double ... but don't worry, you'll get over it. Their theme was pretty obvious from the get go and made solving this one pretty easy. Here are the two word themers, all identified by the trailing "?" If you got enough perps in either word you could guess them both: 17A. Double bond?: PROMISES PROMISES . This clue might refer to a covalent bond (sort of the chemical equivalent of community property) and the fill could be the name of a Broadway musical ,with the title song sung here by the Divine Dionne Warwick : 26A. Double check?: TESTING TESTING . Performed by the sound gal (or guy ). 43A. Double fault?: EXCUSES EXCUSES . The refs words to John McEnroe's in clue 17A on March 16, 2023 . 58. Double jump?: SURPRISE SURPRISE . I suppose this means to get a jump on...