Thursday, April 14, 2022, Josh M. Kaufmann
Today we are visited by Josh M. Kaufmann , who appears to be making his LA Times debut by asking us an existential question in the reveal to this themed puzzle: 58A. Head-scratching words ... and, phonetically, a feature of the four longest Down answers: WHY ON EARTH ? We've all seen this before, but now might be a good time to be reminded of it again: Josh answers this question with 4 Down clues, often a giveaway to a visual theme. In this case the theme puns on two homophones: the letter Y and the reveal word WHY , the former perched atop a synonym for the word EARTH . 3D. Big name in travel guides: LONEL Y PLANET . Lonely Planet is an Australian travel guide book publisher. Founded in 1973 , the company had sold 120 million books as of 2011. Their books look like a great way to find your way around Sagan's pale blue dot . 13D. Newspaper rival of the Bugle in the Spider-Man universe: DAIL Y GLOBE . This clue take...