Aug 30, 2011 Hypercross Puzzle

well, the answer's not "white white white white blank white blank"
p&s Got slowed down checking in other browsers in case it was that issue with the wrong file type :P

Hmmmm, nothing but blank squares for me...

all the pics are blank white?

hhhhmmmm white, out, white, out doesn't fit...

Uh ... how many ways are there to say "white"?

[2] Same.

I dare say that this puzzle is Out of Order

WTH???

2 solves (and climbing), REALLY?!?!?!?!

I entered nothing and hit "submit", but that didn't work! Worth a try :)

Every clue is blank for me... I mean, every one.

[Edit: got it! What an 'aha', that was cool.]

Well, there've been four solves, so someone must've figured it out.

all blank squares for me also. any mods around? Sammy?

If every clue is just a white square, the puzzle is loading properly.

Very cute one. And yes, all the pictures are blank.

i'm out of order you're out of order this whole court is out of order...maybe the answer is Al Pacino....

edit, ok got it...meh, not a fan..

I really liked that one...

I see the solves, but I don't know how!

I see the solves, but I don't know how!

I think it's a blizzard

Fun!

I have all white squares!!!!!

The pictures are blank because the puzzle is OUT OF ORDER. So are the answers.

WOW, I can't believe I got that... :)

[23] Nobody likes a showoff ;)

Very cool, thanks for making it!

Brilliant. Love it.

ha nice [10].

yep, all blank! enjoy!!

Except ... well, it's the problem that cannot be named. How unlucky.

[27] I always wondered if someone would ever be too lazy to make pictures for one of these, but this is ridiculous, no?

Yes, brilliant. Been awhile since I had to write everything down on paper and sort it all out for a hyper. I still can't believe that what I thought to try was right. So much fun! Thanks, sammydb!

good one!!!

Not completely out of order though. Unlucky.

thanks 22, that did it for me

I made a guess --- amazing --- 43rd 78 points YAY

Ooh, I *really* liked this puzzle sammy! Thanks!

...I'm extra excited because I almost never get top 20 on HC puzzles (they're my weakness), and I got top 20 on this and the other two puzzles tonight.

I tried padding whitespace into all the answers. That didn't work.

Is there a way to click 0 stars for the Fun rating?

EDIT: Got it with the salt. Still don't like it (for pretty much the same reason as [54] said).

[31] LOL - Awesome observation! edit: I guess some found that comment too salty. I think it was probably only salty for people who already knew what to do, but I found your remark funny and I'm glad you made it. ;)

[35] The a-ha moment for this is really cool. Don't give up on the fun yet.

Really enjoyed this one. Didn't take too long for the aha to kick in, then is was just a matter of keeping track of where I was.

woohoo! top 100 in all three!
Great puzzle once I quit focusing on the pictures and looked at the title.

[29] ha ha ha.

Ahhh -- got it! Clever.

I liked it - great idea.
There was another one on a similar theme awhile ago.
For those who are lost, maybe this will help:
If this puzzle is out of order, it means there is an order that it's out of....

Good AH HA moment..

Sweet! First time top 100 on all three puzzles!

You solved this puzzle in 0 seconds and were the 96th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 25 points for solving this.

meh.

I guess the Inuit have at least 15 words for for snow...

[41] Yes, I recall doing one like this before.

Fun puzzle..... and I am no longer a potato! Yay!

For those stumped... Since this puzzle lacks fifteen clues, what is the one thing that could be put in order?

[34] [38] [43] congratulations on your achievements. I remember the first time I got all 3 in the top 100 / 20 / 10- Very good achievements.
I'm still hoping one day to get a triple 1st, but the best I've done is get a double 1st on a non-hyper day.

Apparently I was one of the few to get the theme of the bat. I think it was the number of three-letter answers that did it for me...

what a surprise when it loaded.
but pretty cool puzzle. Mistakes took me over 100th tho'

Nice puzzle, but I thought something was messed up on this site again! Thank goodness the site is fine!

[47] - I have no idea. What?

[53] - Thanks - finally got to the "aha!" moment. Seems obvious once you get it!

[52] What is the one thing you can see in the clue list that can be ordered? Now, put them out of order.

i got the theme right off (like [49] the number of short words gave it to me quickly)... but I've never been a fan of the 'non-solvable' from the picture clues Hypers,. unless it's due to a second step (see the infamous "April Fools' Day" puzzles)... anything that doesn't at least use the clues (even if it's only to define a related word...) defeats the purpose (IMO) of having the clues there in the first place. and gets away from how a Hypercross is defined (again, in my opinion) in Tanga.

[46] Tonight is a great night for you!!!

eh, not too bad. Looks like I could have done really well if I had shown up earlier... again.

[48] Double First on non-hyper day is pretty remarkable. Nice!

[49][54] Whereas I got started with the longer answers, because once I had an inkling of what might work, they were the easiest ones to verify I was on the right track.

Actually, not the hardest Hypercross we've had. :-)

The aha came pretty quickly for me... the rest was a pleasant little puzzle.

Pity I didn't read comments sooner. I really thought it hadn't loaded right, and I've been hitting refresh every few minutes for quite a while now. Once I realized it had actually loaded right after all it wasn't too hard, and was fun.

Silly. Not hard. Not fun. Let's not do this again.

Darn. I've been having terrible load problems with my computer tonight, so I assumed that was what was happening here. So I left the tab open to do it's work and amused myself elsewhere and kept coming back here with not a single pic loading (or so I thought). I didn't read the comments because I didn't want to get hints until I tried it for myself. When I finally came back here after midnight and the pictures still weren't
'there' I was going to make a comment about my woes and discovered the comments saying the pics were supposed to look that way. I guessed right away what to do, but wasted all that time waiting.

I think maybe an 'out of order' sign on each one would have been beneficial, instead of a blank square. There seem to be problems mentioned every night where people are having load problems, so they wouldn't be able to tell the pictures were loaded, but just white.

A Hypercross has pictures period.

This is NOT a Hypercross.

Hypo-cross, maybe?

The minimalist pictures are a fine assembly of clues to the solution. Good form.

Speechless, think I.

Ugh - almost gave up. Glad I didn't, though :)

The White Puzzle

I have to agree with [54] this seems a waste of the hypercross format. Would have been better as a OWW with a second step at the end to bring it together

I had to read [22] comments before it clicked. I noticed the same thing [28] did when I was done.

Very fun sammy! Wish I got here last night - the method came to me immediately.

Actually one of the answers is not out of order...

Couldn't see it at all last night - but it clicked right away this morning!

I liked this one

For what it's worth - I liked it too! AND it made a big impression even on those who didn't like it! Look at all those comments. . . Great job!

Meh

Stupid puzzle. Almost as bad as a OWW.

Lost!!!

Had to get this pure white problem in before Labor Day I guess.

Leaving the picture clue blank wasn't the best idea, IMO. I would have put a pound sign in each picture clue.

Good puzzle. I figure

um????

can i get a clue here? anything?
got it. comment about 3 letter words helped. whyd it say "solved in 0 seconds?'