Theme: Battle Tactics
20A: Start of a quip: HE THAT FIGHTS AND
37A: Part 2 of quip: RUNS AWAY, MAY LIVE
51A: End of quip: TO RUN ANOTHER DAY
Not sure where this quip comes from. Wikiquote seems to imply that it's from Oliver Goldsmith's poem: For he who fights and runs away/May live to fight another day/But he who is in battle slain/Can never rise and fight again.
Last time when we had "He who courts then runs away, lives to court another day" quip, Martin mentioned that Olschwang might get his source from Tacitus who said "He that fights and runs away, may turn and fight another day; but he that is in battle slain, will never rise to fight again." Whatever. Sounds like Mao Ze-Dong's Guerrilla Warfare Strategy during Sino-Japanese War.
I had another smooth sailing this morning. I noticed that all the puzzles we've had this week have very similar grid structures, lots lots of 4-letter words. I wonder if that makes solving easier.
I suppose "Shea player" is still a valid clue for MET (40A). I just want to mention that Shea Stadium is being demolished now. MET will be "Citi Field player" when the season starts. I dislike the clue for SEVENS (41A: Another name for fantan), as ANOTHER is part of the theme answer. Besides, I've never heard of fantan, not familiar with the original Chinese words 番摊 either.
Across:
5A: Deadly African snake: MAMBA. No idea. It doesn't look threatening though. I could only think of cobra.
16A: Pieces of pelvises: ILIA. I don't like "Pieces". Always reminds me of broken bones.
18A: Bucket wheel: NORIA. New word to me. Where is the bucket?
30A: Hebrew month: ELUL. ADAR does not fit.
48A: Sew loosely: BASTE. I tend to associate BASTE with moistening turkey.
57A: Eye part: UVEA. Latin for "grape". I always want IRIS for "Eye part" clue.
58A: In a slow tempo: LENTO. This is indeed slow. In "Shine", Geoffrey Rush's character is obsessed with Rachmaninoff.
59A: Japanese ethnic group: AINU. Literally "man". I wonder how AINU food differs from the traditional Japanese diet.
60A: Letter opener? DEAR. I like this clue.
63A: Before, before: ERST
64A: Nimoy's half-Vulcan: SPOCK. He is the guy who says "Live Long and Prosper", right?
Down:
3D: Debatable: MOOT. Once again, here is a list of all the self-contradicting words in English. I rather like the term Kazie used last time: Janus words, so evocative.
4D: Insect colonies: ANT HILLS
8D: Jail on the high seas: BRIG. Wikipedia says BRIG is jail for the Navy and Marines. And the prison is called guardhouse or stockade by the Army and Air Force.
12D: Jungle vine: LIANA. Can never remember this vine. Hmm, it's A NAIL when you spell it backward.
26D: Twist sideways: SLUE. The same pronunciation as slew, right?
27D: "Charley's ___": AUNT. Easy guess. I knew nothing about "Charley's AUNT".
28D: Describe with vividness: LIMN
29D: Literary collections: ANAS. How is it different from anthologies?
32D: Fighting force: NAVY. I thought of ARMY first.
34D: Queen of Carthage: DIDO. She killed herself when deserted by her lover Aeneas. I used to confuse her with LEDA, the swan lady.
38D: Vail rival: ASPEN. Both are Colorado ski resorts.
48D: Small, hand drum: BONGO. Interesting, Wikipedia says BONGO is also a kind of African antelope.
54D: Christian of fashion: DIOR. Like J'adore?
Enjoy Bob Marley "The Heathen". He sings "... 'Cause he who fight and run away, live to fight another day...". I love Bob Marley, don't you?
C.C.
20A: Start of a quip: HE THAT FIGHTS AND
37A: Part 2 of quip: RUNS AWAY, MAY LIVE
51A: End of quip: TO RUN ANOTHER DAY
Not sure where this quip comes from. Wikiquote seems to imply that it's from Oliver Goldsmith's poem: For he who fights and runs away/May live to fight another day/But he who is in battle slain/Can never rise and fight again.
Last time when we had "He who courts then runs away, lives to court another day" quip, Martin mentioned that Olschwang might get his source from Tacitus who said "He that fights and runs away, may turn and fight another day; but he that is in battle slain, will never rise to fight again." Whatever. Sounds like Mao Ze-Dong's Guerrilla Warfare Strategy during Sino-Japanese War.
I had another smooth sailing this morning. I noticed that all the puzzles we've had this week have very similar grid structures, lots lots of 4-letter words. I wonder if that makes solving easier.
I suppose "Shea player" is still a valid clue for MET (40A). I just want to mention that Shea Stadium is being demolished now. MET will be "Citi Field player" when the season starts. I dislike the clue for SEVENS (41A: Another name for fantan), as ANOTHER is part of the theme answer. Besides, I've never heard of fantan, not familiar with the original Chinese words 番摊 either.
Across:
5A: Deadly African snake: MAMBA. No idea. It doesn't look threatening though. I could only think of cobra.
16A: Pieces of pelvises: ILIA. I don't like "Pieces". Always reminds me of broken bones.
18A: Bucket wheel: NORIA. New word to me. Where is the bucket?
30A: Hebrew month: ELUL. ADAR does not fit.
48A: Sew loosely: BASTE. I tend to associate BASTE with moistening turkey.
57A: Eye part: UVEA. Latin for "grape". I always want IRIS for "Eye part" clue.
58A: In a slow tempo: LENTO. This is indeed slow. In "Shine", Geoffrey Rush's character is obsessed with Rachmaninoff.
59A: Japanese ethnic group: AINU. Literally "man". I wonder how AINU food differs from the traditional Japanese diet.
60A: Letter opener? DEAR. I like this clue.
63A: Before, before: ERST
64A: Nimoy's half-Vulcan: SPOCK. He is the guy who says "Live Long and Prosper", right?
Down:
3D: Debatable: MOOT. Once again, here is a list of all the self-contradicting words in English. I rather like the term Kazie used last time: Janus words, so evocative.
4D: Insect colonies: ANT HILLS
8D: Jail on the high seas: BRIG. Wikipedia says BRIG is jail for the Navy and Marines. And the prison is called guardhouse or stockade by the Army and Air Force.
12D: Jungle vine: LIANA. Can never remember this vine. Hmm, it's A NAIL when you spell it backward.
26D: Twist sideways: SLUE. The same pronunciation as slew, right?
27D: "Charley's ___": AUNT. Easy guess. I knew nothing about "Charley's AUNT".
28D: Describe with vividness: LIMN
29D: Literary collections: ANAS. How is it different from anthologies?
32D: Fighting force: NAVY. I thought of ARMY first.
34D: Queen of Carthage: DIDO. She killed herself when deserted by her lover Aeneas. I used to confuse her with LEDA, the swan lady.
38D: Vail rival: ASPEN. Both are Colorado ski resorts.
48D: Small, hand drum: BONGO. Interesting, Wikipedia says BONGO is also a kind of African antelope.
54D: Christian of fashion: DIOR. Like J'adore?
Enjoy Bob Marley "The Heathen". He sings "... 'Cause he who fight and run away, live to fight another day...". I love Bob Marley, don't you?
C.C.
