Monday August 27, 2018 C.C. Burnikel

Theme: ROT - Each theme is in the pattern of R* OF T*.

17. Sam Houston served twice as its president: REPUBLIC OF TEXAS.

28. General guideline: RULE OF THUMB.

47. Credible quality: RING OF TRUTH.

59. Hint that a storm is approaching: RUMBLE OF THUNDER.

Good Morning. Limping Boomer here, trying to get past a bit of an arthritis flare up.  Minnesota State Fair is going nuts, as I mentioned last week, C.C. and I are figuring what to do with the money we saved by not going.  I spent my half at the pharmacy.

Across:

1. Apple remnant: CORE.  And from the Garden of Eden, picked the apple he was eatin' and I swear that I'm the one what et the core. ("Great Historical Bum" My buddies - Chad Mitchell Trio.)

5. Picket line crosser: SCAB.  I respect labor unions however I was never a member and I'm not sure I respect this label.

9. Proverbial waste maker: HASTE.

14. Like die-hard fans: AVID.

15. Furry red Muppet: ELMO. Tickled to see him in a puzzle.

16. Snake River state: IDAHO.  River made famous by Evel Knievel.

20. Rapper Dr. __: DRE.  Sorry fans, I despise RAP

21. Shade tree subject to blight: ELM.  I think Ash is more threatened.  However there was a nightmare on Elm's Street.

22. Lubricated: OILED.  Bowling lanes get oiled - some heavy, some not so much.  I like medium.

23. Black __ : covert missions: OPS.  Donald Sutherland in "JFK".

25. Cost for an online pop-up: AD RATE.  Indeed - Online pop ups are a pain.

31. Safari automaker: GMC.  GM almost went under like Enron.  I'm glad they survived, I think they make decent vehicles.

34. Wraps up: ENDS.  Th Th That's all folks.  - "Porky"

35. Fish trapped in pots: EELS.  I really don't think eels are fish.

36. "Word is ... ": I HEAR.

38. Geronimo's tribe: APACHE. Also a Fort in the Bronx.

40. Board meeting outline: AGENDA.

41. Motherless calf: DOGIE. Get along little one, and don't call me Doogie.

42. Tear canal: DUCT.

45. Actresses Long and Vardalos: NIAS.

46. Jeanne d'Arc, e.g.: Abbr.: STE.

50. Intermittent, as fog: PATCHY.

51. "To each __ own": HIS.  Why is it never "her" own.

52. Bill Belichick, e.g.: COACH. To heck with Bill, how about our new Gopher Women's Basketball coach, Ms. Lindsay Whalen.

54. Boathouse item: OAR.

56. One __ million: IN A.

63. Quite heavy: OBESE.

64. Cookie in dirt pudding: OREO.  It took a while, but I knew I would find a four letter word with three vowels.

65. Extremely tired: BEAT.  Beat the drum and hold the phone, the sun came out today!  John Fogerty, "Centerfield"

66. Desires: WANTS.

67. Florist's arrangement: POSY. Add an "E", Buster, and you have a catcher of Giants.

68. Indy 500 racers: CARS. Calling those things that run at Indy "cars" could be a bit of an understatement.

Down:

1. Birthday __: CARD.  Cards are nice, but I have had WAY too many birthdays!

2. Finished: OVER.

3. One's golden years: RIPE OLD AGE. (See my comment on one down.)

4. Academic URL ender: EDU.

5. Pitch successfully: SELL. "Strikeout" was too long of a word.

6. Long-term weather conditions: CLIMATE.

7. "The Walking Dead" channel: AMC.  Acronym for American Motors Corp.  I once owned a 1975 Pacer.  However, Sadly, AMC went the way of the Packard and Studebaker.

8. Unhappy fan's shout: BOO. Halloween is only two months away. Is your sheet with holes clean??

9. Win the jackpot: HIT IT BIG.  Joe Mauer passed Rod Carew on Friday for hits in a Twins Uniform - 2086.  Only Kirby Puckett has more. 

10. One-named "Skyfall" singer: ADELE.

11. __-Coburg, Bavaria: SAXE.

12. Former Mississippi senator Cochran: THAD. He served 40 years in the Senate but resigned last Spring due to health concerns.

13. Dawn goddess: EOS.

18. Kiss, in Cancún: BESO.  "I'll send you all my love, every day in a letter....Sealed with a Beso."

19. Shaving lather: FOAM.  Don't they have Menthol anymore?  I used to like it.

24. Joe of "My Cousin Vinny": PESCI. Really liked him in "Casino".

26. FedEx rival: DHL.

27. Country with 11 time zones: Abbr.: RUS. Russia.  I did not know they had 11 Soviet time zones.  But I know Russia is in our news at least 11 times a day.

28. Curls up with a Kindle: READS.  When I was a kid, we had this thing called a book.

29. Take out of its container, as a houseplant: UNPOT.  This is a new word used out west to harvest the cannabis garden.

30. Service charge: FEE.  Add an "R" and you don't have to pay it.

31. "That's super-creative thinking!": GENIUS IDEA.  Whoever thought of the internet, or casino gambling.

32. Angry with: MAD AT.

33. Wall Street disaster: CRASH.  1929 must have been terrible. We managed to live through 1987 and 2007.

37. Painter Matisse: HENRI.

39. Performer of the 12 labors, to the Greeks: HERACLES.  Not to be confused with Hercules who was the Roman All Star Wrestling champion of the world.

40. Justice dept. division: ATF.  I don't care much about Tobacco which people use to kill themselves.  But PLEASE do something about firearms and drunk drivers that kill others.

42. Party gp. chaired by Tom Perez: DNC.

43. "That's gross!": UGH.

44. Prairie canines: COYOTES.  Interesting name for the Arizona NHL Hockey team,

48. "Am __ only one?": I THE.

49. Drive-__ window: THRU. We have a Starbucks near a grocery store we frequent.  Sometimes there are 20 cars in line at their drive up window.

50. Blue Ribbon beer: PABST. What'll you have ?  I liked their commercials.

52. 1962 Missile Crisis country: CUBA.  I was 15.  Probably too young to understand what a serious situation this was.

53. Dark clouds, to some: OMEN.  Between NMEN and PMEN

55. Sailor's hail: AHOY.  Ahoy Hoy, Alexander Graham Bell's suggestion to answer the phone.  Also an off the wall GEICO Commercial. 

57. Close by: NEAR.

58. Creative pursuits: ARTS.

59. Movie theater division: ROW.

60. Comics' Alley __: OOP.  The man in the funny papers we all know ---

61. To's partner: FRO. See one down.  You may send a birthday card "to" a relative or friend, but do you get one "fro" them ?

62. Peacock logo network: NBC.  National Broadcasting Company.  They now control several news stations on cable along with their huge free network channel.

Boomer

Note from C.C.:

Today we celebrate the 70th birthday of Lemonade (Jason), our Friday Sherpa since March 2010. After all these years, his passion and devotion to each of his post remains unchanged: searching, researching and finding the perfect links/clips. Thanks for being here for us, Lemonade!