That latter aspect of the theme wasn't too noticeable during solving, but it's certainly a neat idea. Aside from the theme, the cluing seemed straightforward and I actually found the whole puzzle easier than yesterday's. The only part I was at all worried about was the crossing of 8d resin and 15a elle where I just hoped my schoolboy French wouldn't let me down given the crossing could be rosin (but could it really be ello? surely not ... there was really no cause for alarm).
As I'm about to finish Flavorful Friday Crosswords
Solving time: 7 mins (solo, no solving aids)Solution
Clue of the puzz: 65a ways {Partner of means}
Grid art by Sympathy [about the grid colors]
Theme
Phrases suggesting words being split/divided/broken are literally so elsewhere in the grid:
20a split decision {Outcome of many a boxing match ... or 38- and 36-Down}Crucimetrics
38d deci- {Tenth: Prefix}
36d Sion {Priory of ___ (group in "The Da Vinci Code")}
38a divided highways {Interstates ... or 60-Down and 65-Across}
60d high {Daily temperature stat}
65a ways {Partner of means}
57a broken-hearted {Crushed by sorrow ... or 5-Across and 63-Down}
5a hear {Try, as a case}
63d Ted {Slugger Williams}
New To Me
Compilers Alex Fay / Will Shortz Grid 15x15 with 38 (16.9%) black squares Answers 78 (average length 4.79) Theme squares 61 (32.6%) Scrabble points 290 (average 1.55) Letters used ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ

24a NHL {St. Louis Blues org.}. The St Louis Blues are the professional ice hockey team from the city usually seen as St L in crosswordland. They're named after a famous W. C. Handy song from 1914 of the same name. The only other thing you might need to know about them is that they play in the Scottrade Center.
48a On, on {"___, you noblest English ...!": "Henry V"}. Neat way to prettify the not very desirable answer ONON. The line is from the "Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more" speech in Henry V. Let's see if we can find "dear dear Larry"'s memorable rendering.
71a NHRA {Drag racing org.}. This must be the first time I've seen the sport of drag racing mentioned in just over a year of solving American crosswords. The National Hot Rod Association (NHRA) sets rules in drag racing and host events all over the United States and Canada. With over 80,000 drivers in its rosters, the NHRA is considered one of the largest motorsports sanctioning bodies in the world.
47d Tek {Shatner's "___War"}. TekWar is apparently a series of sci-fi novels, officially by William Shatner but co-written by uncredited science-fiction author Ron Goulart. It's not clear to me how much of the writing is Shatner's and how much Goulart's. The novels gave rise to a comic book series, video game and later TV movies and a series, both of the latter featuring Shatner.

Noteworthy

Snow-White and Rose-Red
There was once a poor widow who lived in a lonely cottage. In front of the cottage was a garden wherein stood two rose-trees, one of which bore white and the other red roses. She had two children who were like the two rose-trees, and one was called Snow-white, and the other Rose-red. They were as good and happy, as busy and cheerful as ever two children in the world were, only Snow-white was more quiet and gentle than Rose-red. Rose-red liked better to run about in the meadows and fields seeking flowers and catching butterflies; but Snow-white sat at home with her mother, and helped her with her house-work, or read to her when there was nothing to do.
From Household Tales by the Brothers Grimm

sniggle vi to fish for eels by thrusting the bait into their hiding places; to fish for salmon, etc, by striking with a hook.
vt to catch in this way.
n a baited hook.
sniggler n.
sniggling n.



56d Irwin {Golfer Hale ___}. Hale Irwin is a familiar name from TV golf coverage. He's an American golfer who is one of the few players in history to have won three U.S. Opens (1974, 1979 and 1990).
The Rest
1a Lisa {Brainy Simpson}; 9a apart {In pieces}; 15a elle {Lui: him :: ___ : her}; 17a -saur {Suffix with dino-}; 18a lies {Fabrications}; 19a trace {Faintest residue}; 25a ace {One in the hand?}; 28a sty {Pig's home}; 29a ears {Corn units}; 33a hallow {Venerate}; 35a basics {It's sometimes good to get back to them}; 37a adze {Wood-shaping tool}; 43a egad! {"Yikes!"}; 45a cogent {Well-thought-out}; 49a por {___ favor}; 52a IRA {Something to roll over, briefly}; 53a OED {Brit. reference}; 55a Niobe {Weeper of mythology}; 62a stoas {Greek porticos}; 64a rail {Skateboard trickster's track}; 66a tense {Nail-biting}; 67a megs {Modern storage units, briefly}; 68a I see! {"Aha!"}; 69a Eddas {Early Icelandic literary works}; 70a Ashe {U.S. Open's ___ Stadium}.
2d in a pet {Peevish}; 3d Scully {Mulder's "X-Files" partner}; 4d aerie {Cliffside nest}; 5d held {Didn't give away}; 6d Elie {Author Wiesel}; 7d Alec {A Baldwin brother}; 9d Attila {Fifth-century emperor remembered as the epitome of cruelty}; 10d pyro {Expert in match play, for short?}; 11d Alan Alda {"The West Wing" actor who played Arnold Vinick}; 12d rec {Camcorder button abbr.}; 13d tre {Uno + due}; 21d tread {Tire pattern}; 22d shh {Theater admonition}; 26d cozy {Snug as a bug in a rug}; 27d ewes {Flock females}; 30d -ase {Enzyme suffix}; 31d rids {Clears (of)}; 32d schmo {Ordinary schlub}; 34d laws {Statutes}; 35d bide {Wait}; 39d Igor {Noted lab assistant}; 40d vagabond {Tramp}; 41d Gro {Miracle-___}; 42d henna {Temporary tattoo dye}; 46d nooses {Hangmen's tools}; 49d potash {Soapmaking stuff}; 50d obeyer {One following directions}; 51d Red Sea {Exodus locale}; 54d derma- {Skin: Suffix}; 58d rasa {Tabula ___}; 59d naes {Scottish rejections}; 61d else {Otherwise}; 62d Ste. {Fr. holy woman}.
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