Thursday, March 31, 2022, Lin Josephson
A Multi-media Meta-theme Today's constructor is Lin Josephson and I believe this is her debut in the LA Times. I hope she stops by and tells us a bit about herself. Lin cleverly hides today's theme with 3 clues, sans circles or asterisks, that point to what turns out to be an implied reveal at 57A . As we'll see each of these refers to an 18th Century innovation, but each also has at least one other meaning. Here are the themers: 20A. Only way to tackle a 57-Across : PIECE BY PIECE . An album/song by singer/songwriter Kelly Clarkson ( lyrics ) ... 28A. Question muttered while tackling a 57-Acros s: WHY WON'T IT FIT ? . " If it doesn’t fit, you must acquit " famously spoken by Johnnie Cochran, the defense attorney at the O.J. Simpson murder trial in September of 1995 . 48A. Popular theme for 57-Acrosses: NATURE SCENES . Who doesn't like NATURE SCENES ? Here's a recent picture of the Patapsco River that I took at su...