Thursday, March 23, 2023, Rebecca Goldstein & Rafael Musa
Today's veteran constructors Rebecca Goldstein and Rafael Musa (19 & 4 LAT puzzles respectively including today's) present us with another scrambled word game. Their theme appears at first to be a bit of a downer, so to clear that up right away, let's start with the reveal ... 62A. "This doesn't feel right," and what can be said about some letters in the answers to the starred clues?: THE VIBES ARE OFF . This phrase generally connotes that the speaker is sensing BAD VIBES , or an EDGY feeling of unease (e.g. see 69A ). Quite honestly when this reviewer realized this he panicked and started looking around for an antidote. So to calm everyone down we'll start with some GOOD VIBES ... ... from master vibraphonist Gary Barton leading a quintet by Argentine composer Astor Piazzolla . Now that we've relaxed a bit we can see that reveal doesn't really h...