Theme: Catch Me if You Can
20A: Start of a quip: HE WHO COURTS THEN
40A: Part 2 of a quip: RUNS AWAY, LIVES TO
54A: End of quip: COURT ANOTHER DAY
The original quote from Evan Esar is "He who courts and runs away, lives to court another day".
As usual, I don't fully grasp this quip. Why would he "LIVES TO COURT ANOTHER DAY" if he "RUNS AWAY"? What if "He is Just Not That into You" in the first place?
Very interesting to see RELAID (36A: Installed again, as tiles) so early in the morning. I hope the tiles are installed properly this time. I would change the clue for ANCHOR (4D: Relay finisher" into "Brian Williams, e.g." I often check his "Nightly News" just to see what tie he is wearing that night. I would also change the VEIN (13D: Layer of ore) into "The way to Brian Williams' heart?"
Wish the clue for SILLS (30D: Window bases) were "Soprano Beverly" to pair up with OPERA (21D: Massenet work), and I would reword the clue for OUIS (55D: Arles assents) into "Arles Législature votes" to match YEAS (71A: Affirmative votes). I also think there should be an abbreviation mark for VETTE (42D: Sporty Chevy).
Easy sailing this morning. Had to google EST (47D: Erhard's program) though. I was stumped by ESS (51A: 19th of a certain series).
Across:
1A: Madame Bovary: EMMA. The only Flaubert novel I've read. Poor little thing, she should have known that the sea of adultery is very stormy and unpredictable.
10A: Prison knife: SHIV. Slang for switchblade. I forgot. Did watch "In Cold Blood" and vaguely remembered the character made such a weapon out of a toilet brush.
18A: Skylit courtyards: ATRIA. I often confuse ATRIA with ALTRIA (Philip Morris). Kraft has a very formidble presence in China.
19A: Wrinkled citrus fruit: UGLI. I've never had this "Exotic tangelo from Jamaica".
44A: Change with time: EVOLVE
49A: Scottish feudal lord: THANE. New to me. Shakespeare's Macbeth's is THANE of Cawdor & THANE of Glamititle.
64A: Kind of trail: VAPOR. What caused this VAPOR trail?
67A: Immature seed: OVULE
Down:
7D: Ashram member: GURU. ASHRAM was clued as "GURU's community" last time.
9D: Rhubarbs: SPATS. I did not know the slang meaning of "Rhubarb". That's a huge RHUBARB.
10D: Golden table wine: SAUTERNE. Clear Ayes probably knows a lot about this semisweet white wine.
25D: Add to the heap?: SCRAP. What's the origins of "Deep-six" and "Eighty-six"? Faintly remember someone explained them to me before. But I crossed the River Lethe.
28D: One possessed?: SLAVE. Nice clue. Here is Britney's "I am a SLAVE 4 U".
32D: ___ del Sol: COSTA. Got it from the across clues. Would have been a gimme were it clued as COSTA Rica.
33D: Sean of "The Lord of the Rings". Learned his name from doing Xword.
37D: Cote resident: EWE. I always thought cote is for bird.
38D: Fourth of MMXVI: DIV. Roman 504.
41D: Cheap ocean passage: STEERAGE. Jack won his STEERAGE passage in a poker game in "Titanic".
54D: Edible first prize: CAKE. Razzberry, do you like this flourless chocolate CAKE?
56D: Samovars: URNS
58D: Artistic work: OPUS. OK, Kittyb, this Paderewski piece is for you.
59D: Lacquered metalware: TOLE. Nice flower tray.
62D: Poisonous evergreens: YEWS. I suppose YEW wood is not poisonous, otherwise, how could archery bows be made of YEWS?
C.C.
20A: Start of a quip: HE WHO COURTS THEN
40A: Part 2 of a quip: RUNS AWAY, LIVES TO
54A: End of quip: COURT ANOTHER DAY
The original quote from Evan Esar is "He who courts and runs away, lives to court another day".
As usual, I don't fully grasp this quip. Why would he "LIVES TO COURT ANOTHER DAY" if he "RUNS AWAY"? What if "He is Just Not That into You" in the first place?
Very interesting to see RELAID (36A: Installed again, as tiles) so early in the morning. I hope the tiles are installed properly this time. I would change the clue for ANCHOR (4D: Relay finisher" into "Brian Williams, e.g." I often check his "Nightly News" just to see what tie he is wearing that night. I would also change the VEIN (13D: Layer of ore) into "The way to Brian Williams' heart?"
Wish the clue for SILLS (30D: Window bases) were "Soprano Beverly" to pair up with OPERA (21D: Massenet work), and I would reword the clue for OUIS (55D: Arles assents) into "Arles Législature votes" to match YEAS (71A: Affirmative votes). I also think there should be an abbreviation mark for VETTE (42D: Sporty Chevy).
Easy sailing this morning. Had to google EST (47D: Erhard's program) though. I was stumped by ESS (51A: 19th of a certain series).
Across:
1A: Madame Bovary: EMMA. The only Flaubert novel I've read. Poor little thing, she should have known that the sea of adultery is very stormy and unpredictable.
10A: Prison knife: SHIV. Slang for switchblade. I forgot. Did watch "In Cold Blood" and vaguely remembered the character made such a weapon out of a toilet brush.
18A: Skylit courtyards: ATRIA. I often confuse ATRIA with ALTRIA (Philip Morris). Kraft has a very formidble presence in China.
19A: Wrinkled citrus fruit: UGLI. I've never had this "Exotic tangelo from Jamaica".
44A: Change with time: EVOLVE
49A: Scottish feudal lord: THANE. New to me. Shakespeare's Macbeth's is THANE of Cawdor & THANE of Glamititle.
64A: Kind of trail: VAPOR. What caused this VAPOR trail?
67A: Immature seed: OVULE
Down:
7D: Ashram member: GURU. ASHRAM was clued as "GURU's community" last time.
9D: Rhubarbs: SPATS. I did not know the slang meaning of "Rhubarb". That's a huge RHUBARB.
10D: Golden table wine: SAUTERNE. Clear Ayes probably knows a lot about this semisweet white wine.
25D: Add to the heap?: SCRAP. What's the origins of "Deep-six" and "Eighty-six"? Faintly remember someone explained them to me before. But I crossed the River Lethe.
28D: One possessed?: SLAVE. Nice clue. Here is Britney's "I am a SLAVE 4 U".
32D: ___ del Sol: COSTA. Got it from the across clues. Would have been a gimme were it clued as COSTA Rica.
33D: Sean of "The Lord of the Rings". Learned his name from doing Xword.
37D: Cote resident: EWE. I always thought cote is for bird.
38D: Fourth of MMXVI: DIV. Roman 504.
41D: Cheap ocean passage: STEERAGE. Jack won his STEERAGE passage in a poker game in "Titanic".
54D: Edible first prize: CAKE. Razzberry, do you like this flourless chocolate CAKE?
56D: Samovars: URNS
58D: Artistic work: OPUS. OK, Kittyb, this Paderewski piece is for you.
59D: Lacquered metalware: TOLE. Nice flower tray.
62D: Poisonous evergreens: YEWS. I suppose YEW wood is not poisonous, otherwise, how could archery bows be made of YEWS?
C.C.
