Thursday, July 7, 2022 Laura Dershewitz, Katherine Baicker
What the Hack? Today's constructors are Laura Dershewitz and her partner in crime Katherine Baicker . This is Laura's first visit to the LAT, and Katherine first appeared here on May 19, 2022 , reviewed by my partner in crime Malodorous Manatee . Laura's and Katherine's theme is all about HACKS . But what exactly is a HACK ? It turns out to be quite a mercurial term with a least a dozen different meanings, many with no apparent connections to the others. Today we tend to associate "hacking" with computers, but the term apparently predates modern computers by many years . In their reveal for the themers our constructors seem to be exploring two usages of the word HACK , separated below by the conjunction AND ... 58A. Tricks to improve productivity, and the tricks used to form the answers to the starred clues?: LIFE HACKS . (my italics )....