Oct 01, 2007 Hypercross Puzzle

Is it just me, or was this posted an hour early?

Not just you.
Pretty good. A few very nice clues and a few weaker ones.

Oh, does it normally go up at 10 Eastern time? No wonder there's a bunch of comments on it when I get to work in the morning...

pretty good puzzle if I can do most of it without the help of my husband, who is much more knowledgable in this area than I am!

Some gnarly rebus clues and some lame ones. Enough good to outweigh the bad though.

I liked it. It was missing my favorite.....

If I could get the roman rulers or the ants, I'd have the other one. Don't have much interaction with this subject.

BOOO

Geeks rebel, overthrow the Jocks, MAIM THEM, KILL THEM RA RA RA!

Decent puzzle.

I'm ready for it. But not all of it, just some.

not bad

[7] remove your head from your butt soldier!

I'm stuck on the rulers myself

bleh, roman rulers is a bad clue

I had to pillage and plunder my answer.

[11] Got it, but wow that was tenuous. As for the rulers, how many of them are there?

For the Roman rulers--think of that phrase as two separate things. The answer has to do with "Roman" and THEN "rulers," rather than "Roman rulers," if you know what I mean. Even then, I don't think it's easy to figure out without looking at a relevant list and finding one that fits the spaces and crossing letter.

This is a theme I couldn't care less about, but it wasn't a bad puzzle. Easy enough with one wiki search. Does anyone else think it's only a matter of time before we get a hypercross where every clue is just a picture of that mermaid toy? :)

[12] - bad clue? That was my favorite one!

Couldn't care less...

Nice hypercross. Very appropriate for tonight of course.

[12] That was a great clue. Note the quantity...

I liked this puzzle. Some of them had me stumped but my husband was able to help with those that I could not get.

Yes, I'm ready.
Nicely done... but you forgot the best of the bunch. I mean that corn should not be left in it's husks, it needs to be put in a proper container. Any hiker would have the clue for them on their back. Go P--k!!

[20] I concur!!! Odds to win it all went from 100-1 to 5-1!!

Still not getting the Roman Rulers.... in my family line that would be the Minn. for that clue...

hee hee hee...top one across was groaner when i finally got it

I have no idea what the theme is here. Am I missing something obvious or is this another US biased puzzle?

Loved it! (though I could have done without the Roman Rulers clue...)

[20] I agree with you, left off my favorite.

[23] Yes it is All American puzzle.

I'm a huge fan of the Cleveland Abstracts.

I solved it, but I don't get the Roman Rulers ones. I guess I see the "rulers" part, but I don't know exactly how you would get Roman, without any mention of "six"

Not slamming dsmeyer in particular, but this one magnifies a flaw with the Hypercross concept -- not enough crossers. In this case, so many crossers at the unhelpful S's that we might as well had a freestanding list of clues and blanks.

I'm pretty sure I have them all right but not taking my answers. I might have Roman rulers wrong but only one seems to fit.

[27]....how many roman rulers are pictured in the clue?

For the roman rulers, it's a two-part clue. The second part is a synonym for "rulers". The first part is how many there are of them... and write it as if they were Roman.

Wow, there seems to be a lot of people here who like the "guys who take the ears of corn out of their husks and put them into some tupperware." I feel at home!

Oh, and the "Lions, Tigers and ______. Oh my!" are going down!!

After I got the Roman Rulers one by figuring out which fit... I slapped my forehead.

yeah, the Roman Rules didn't work as well. Neros didn't work.

Is it just me, or did "remember the rule" go the wrong way? Isn't it lefty-loosey?

I'm most if not all of you have solved this puzzle. With all the salt and I still don't get Roman rulers. could some just give us the answer? I have all the rest.

Could tell me if I'm close with using mennisota.

[36] You're as close as you could possibly be.

[35] dajagr
Yes, it is lefty-loosy the diagram is showing "righty" (starting at the 12 O'clock position)

Turned out I had one of the other ones wrong, I finally got it and the problem on wasn't the roman rulers. :-(. I got my 2 points. :-)

Ironic: The Tennessee one works for the "ant" space, and the Houton works for the "wrench" space. Hence both were throwing a monkey wrench in the puzzle for me! Once I shuffled them around I got it to work!

Not my favorite subject - but some imaginative cluing! Thanx dsmeyer :)