Dec 07, 2010 Hypercross Puzzle

Fun one - very well done!

OK, that was awesome. Thanks!

More, more! That was freakin' awesome! I needed more than 15 words - I was having a blast with this one!

That was really strange... but fun!

waiting to have a light bulb moment. im lost

Great one Ookpik!

#3 made me lol.

I thought this one was very clever! All those geographically-oriented games I play sure paid off!

2 was rough, still couldn't figure it out after i guessed it. thankfully i got the others all right and only had one letter to guess... now i can see what they were going for on it...

nice puzzle.

[7] Me too.
[8] I don't play a lot of games like that but I had fun trying to tease them out based on the bits of the map I could see, my crossings, and the pictures.

Oh, and what an incredible grid, Ookpik! :)

[5] Having trouble getting off the ground? Need some saltitude?

Took a while to click but fun once it did.

Whew, #6 took me way too long... Great puzzle though!

That was a blast!

yeah, 6 was a pain....

VERY creative! I love geography and I love wordplay, so this one really hit the spot!

any salt on 6 please?

Fun, especially for a geography nerd like me. :-D

Delightful puzzle, Ookpik! Thank you.

I agree. That was a lot of fun. Really made me think!

Loved this one! My first night with all three in the top 100! :)

Salt, The title really should help in this one.

Edit: And it got me my grapes! :)

THAT was fun. A great idea, very nicely clued.

[17] What's that box called?

[11] You are awesome.
[13] Kind of funny that you had trouble with that one.

Very cleverly done. Excellent!!

Silly fun!

#6 is looking for all those things, inside the box.

[17] Maybe you could ask David Hasselhoff's supercar for the answer.

Thanks for all the positive comments! There was a good amount of input from jebediehard and Arnott that helped make this puzzle as good as it could be, so thanks go to both of them as well!

[11] i finally had lift off... just need help on 6...

Thanks guys. I think I have everything....will someone please check? Its just not taking.

Nice Puzzle :)

I was clueless until I saw #7, that answer/clue has been in my head before since my SO is from there.

Any salt for #3?

Got it! Thanks Sonjahi!

nope now i just have something spelled wrong i think.. grr

[31] You can TG me if you want.
[34] Coulda used a picture of a flip-flop too.

Two thumbs up!

GRRRRRRRR! I swear I have everything spelled 'properly' and it is not accepting the solution!

OK, got it. Missed top 100 though.

It was fun, though.

This was the most fun in a puzzle I've ever had. Maybe not so much fun for the non geographical types but I really enjoyed it. 2 & 4 gave me the most trouble

[38] which one did you spell wrong? im having the same issue

Am I looking to spell real words here? So lost.

[10] Well you should! (play those kinds of games, that is)

There are a lot of decent board games out there that really do teach a lot of geography. Most seem to be pretty Europe-centric, but some can be found that take place on some of the other continents.

it's real words merged with a state/county that starts with the same thing

Here here!

Having trouble with #2

One of the better HCs in a long time ... which reminds me that it's time again to bring up the "Hall of Fame" idea that I've floated out there before ... this would be a worthy nomination ... if we had a HOF that is.

Awesome puzzle, Ook! Great theme, great images. I wish the image in #2 was a little clearer though, it looked more like a woman's dress to me.

If you are having trouble with #2, you could always use a crossword solver for the part that is pictured. a2zwordfinder.com is pretty good. It's only one letter you are adding.

[49] Thanks. Pretty sure I have that one, but still not taking. Must have another wrong. Will TG.

[29] You're being modest, Ookpik. The idea was all yours, your clues were great and fun and that grid!...

Awesome puzzle! Great clues!! Struggled a bit with #6, but one of the comments gave it to me. Fun!

That was excellent.

Well worth the extra effort! Well done.

I really enjoyed this one =)

Nice puzzle! The theme with the added picture clues saved me from having to look any of them up!

Very fun Baba!

Excellent puzzle.

For those stuck... clue 4 is a good bet to cracking the code. For the first three I kept thinking I had forgotten how to spell and assumed that "other" stuff would be important later. *facepalm*

If I move to the fictitious place that is the answer to #9, do I have to dye my hair blue?

[59] Funny you should say that. The list someone TG'd me, they had that one wrong. Different strokes for different folks! Assuming you can identify the countries/states, I think that #5 or #8 are perhaps the easiest clues to crack the code.

Easy once I finally figured the theme.

Tricky in parts, but loads of fun once I got the theme through my thick head. Unusual and original.....thanks!

Ok so I told my geography teacher that I would never need to know this stuff but... I was wrong. =p I got the theme from the first clue and had pretty easy sailing from there (except that I had to keep looking up countries.) I LOVED this! Very well clued. ^_^

I never would have gotten #2 if I hadn't watched so much Scooby-Doo when I was younger. Aw Freddy... And I love #7! Too cute.

One of the year's best IMO

Very very nice puzzle

#2 ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

VERY COOL. I think I pulled a brain muscle on #2 though. : )

All that Sporcle paid off. I didn't have to look up a single one.

stuck on 2 and 10

i thought i had them all but it won't verify...i double checked sp in google...what's up?!

nice puzzle

ok, I am lost...checked and double checked to no avail...

Like the puzzle.. double checked my spelling even with that it said I failed the spell check..

Ok totally thought I had it but failing the check!!

nice! very fun and i actually learned a few things. great puzzle!!

NO idea what 2 is asking for!

ah, i know why i had trouble with number 2... that place isn't labeled on google maps :/