Hypercross: Software Problems

hrm...

Something about this puzzle bothers me...

Much more doable once I got the theme.

This one bugs me.

Any ideas on the 'comic' clue? --It's the only one I have left...

[5] Pay attention to the names

Stuck on the football player and map?

Never mind! Didn't recognize who that was at first.

[6] Thanks, although it's not getting me anywhere.

[7] I found it by figuring out what the map was of by plugging a city into google. As soon as i found where here was, I got the football player immediately and the answer.

it's possible that Ter will do something....

[6] Nevermind, I got it.

I can't get it to accept my answers. When I click "Check answers", it responds with: "Sorry, there was a problem."

Edit: After refreshing the whole page in a new tab, I now get "You have solved this crossword!" But if I switch back to the original tab and try to submit again (just to test), I still get the "problem" error message.

[8] Thanks - I actually did the opposite. Knowing the theme then who he was, I realized what city it was.

I don't get the "Existed after O" clue. Ended up getting all the others and using a crossword solver.

[7] Check out http://www.raiders.com/Common/Article.aspx?id=10572

Any help on the comic one. tks

EDIT: Nevermind got it with the ter. tks

Solved it using a crossword solver for the football player one. I have no idea who he is and that map is unreadable for me. Based on the answer, I can guess what his name is what that map is of, but booo!!

Seems to me that there is a much better choice for the first picture. How about a rock covered in green "fur"? That would certainly make it more friendly to non-Americans and football haters. (I didn't even know what team that was until [14]...)

can't figure out the comic, even with previous salt

got it, nevermind

Using a crossword solver just seems to take all the fun out of it.. but alas I may have to as some of these are just really lame clues...

Im missing the existed after o and the comic

what crossword solver do people use? Ive searched online and the one I found didnt work.

still need two clues..ugh

[19] another word for 'existed' and then add the letter after 'o'

The problem is that that player no longer plays for that team, as of this last April, when he was traded to New England.

This is the sort of thing the creators need to check, especially when you are using sports figures as clues.

[19] Mzblubrd
I use three different crossword solvers, but the one I like the most:
http://dictionary.reference.com/crossword/index.html
It allows you to put in a definition as well as the letters.

The other two...
http://www.allwords.com/solver.php
http://www.ojohaven.com/fun/crossword.html

[16] Agreed.

I was having trouble with "Existed After O" because at thesaurus.com I couldn't enter the past tense of "existed". I had to use "exist", which gave me the present tense version of the word that I should have been looking for, and I just wasn't seeing it.

I'm a Ramblin' Wreck from Georgia Tech and a helluva engineer!

Puzzle was a bit harder that the norm.

I think a few clues needed some work...

1. The one with the "feline" and "column" looked like I was looking for a word that represented both... not "feline" + "or" + "column".

2. You could've used a mugshot instead of him in his Oakland Raider uniform... or used [16]'s idea for anyone not familiar with the NFL. Plus map was too small for me to read (of course that was probably due to the resolution on my monitor).

3. "existed after o" should have had two different fonts to show that it was two different clues... "existed" + "after o"

Two of the three small words are easier to solve and will get you the theme. From there, you'll get down to two or three which are very difficult to do. The theme is key here so you know what you're looking for. I would suggest to the puzzle maker to use rebus clues if they are to make rebus references. =-]

I finally had to give up on this one....sleeping on it didnt help. I cant wait to see the solution tonight.

I like the ted and ter clue..

For those coming back to solve this later, a different football player now wears that number for that team.

#4 (existed after o) would have been easier if I had spelled #1 right. Crossword solver doesn't help when you spell it wrong. Finally got it by figuring out the 3 letter word for "existed" that worked... then fixed my spelling...

It's funny that I got here by sorting the puzzles for the easiest hypers and so many people said it was "hard" - just funny...