Hypercross: Jackpot!

Theme?

NM ... I got it after I ran to the bathroom ...

wow!Spelling.
#15 was a stump until I got LOST.
and of course I know my own namesake nickname.

Love number 10! Thanks!

15 is ridiculous...

I've got them all spelled correctly ... at least I think I do ... but something isn't taking.

i keep wanting to say top for 14 but that doesn't fit with 15...

[6] I had "top" also but the answer was a little uncooked.

It doesn't matter how many times I click 'Submit' without making any changes ... it still won't take!

[6] Say the name of the item in the picture. Listen to what you just said. Think about the theme.

You are a freaking genius!! You solved this puzzle.

You solved this puzzle in 0 seconds and were the 20th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 101 points for solving this.

My 1st top 20 in a few days.

i typed that in (the same as a female deer) and it didn't work...maybe i have something else wrong

[8] TG me what you have

lol @ [8]

[9] There was a theme?

Common first name is the theme...it's not Jack, though...

[14] Yep. There was. Take the first part of the title, use an alternate form, and pair it with each answer....you should see the theme emerging.

Ok, I solved it, but I have no idea what the theme is. EDIT: nevermind

thanks [16]. That did it

OK ... got it with a little help ...

I thought #3 was "a United States Army officer during the Black Hawk and American Civil War as well as the last US Indian Agent to the Sac and Fox tribes" (according to wikipedia).

Turns out the answer is "an American military intelligence officer and a Baptist Missionary in World War II who was shot by armed supporters of the Communist Party of China."

ugh spelling. I finally got in but not soon enough :(

[19] And he has a Society (and a song) that bears his name, too. :D

[16] I was the 48th solve, and didn't get the theme until just now - it was really bugging me - Thanks!

finally got it but I have to say that #14 was kind of sneaky. Finally got it thanks to what [16] pointed out - which made it one of the easier clues...

Thanks for the salt [16]. Wouldn't have been able to solve it without the theme.

It's Jack & Jill, right?

Never heard of #4 either!

The people who make these things must stay up all night looking for obscure references to put in here.

I love clue #2! An English answer to an American clue. How wonderfully non-provincial. Too many puzzles are Ameri- or Anglo- centric.

Yeah that was a good one...having the theme DEFINITELY made the difference

14 really hung me up....but a nice aha moment when you get it. Don't understand how anyone could solve this puzzle without the theme.