Hypercross: Aw, Geez...

2nd! This is early, no?!

Ok.. weird.. I got it, but it's not going to save my answer :-S

Yeah, heather, it is early. I think that may be why it's not accepting my answers as when I navigate back to the daily fun page, it reverts to Jewelia's puzzle from yesterday.

At least I stayed awake for it. Just a shame I slipped from 3rd to 12th with the delay.

Glad I happened to look!

Again.

no clue on the theme??

help with the tools?

me too, now if I can just figure it out!

[9] Think of what they would be if they didn't have the plastic handle.

Any salt on the two indian pics?

Geez, that wasn't too bad.

Geez, good guidence gets gritty

[11] Try to read the text behind the object pointed to by the arrows ... that might help you figure out the object pointed to be the arrows. The husband of Jennifer Lopez would get it right away.

Great! Salt on the snake like thing in the indian pic?

[9] homonyms with the sound an old person makes while breathing

any help on the heart and the butterfly

[11] thanks... still not seeing it though

[17] it's an emotional thing

it's an older name for the same thing [18]

Opps! Not indian.

Got the character. I don't understand what the arrows are pointing to.

ot the theme, having trouble with the logs

[19] thanks, now the butterfly?

[15] the arrows identify the exact same thing, don't try and find differnt parts. just try and look past it for your clue on what it is.

[18] You'll grab onto it sooner or later.

[16] that did it, thanks!

[22] what are they? they are not all alone

salt on the butterfly, please?

got it!!! whoo hooo!

butterfly plays what role here? [28]

thanks [30]

[23] what the parasite attacks

[23] a shark would be the same in regards to remoras

[29] thanks! that got me 2, now just the stock symbol...

[32] it's the exchange
or prime

[32] I often use it when I talk about changing money from GB£ to US$. It's the exchange.

[34] lol great minds

[31] Thank you. You're welcome in my puzzle home any time.

[35] Exactly what I was thinking. I just need to work on my typing speed. I blame it on the early morning hours.

AwpH, nice puzzle and theme. I enjoyed it. It gets the scarver seal of approval.

[all of you] The number took me forever, but got the rest as well, 57th, fun concept.

this was a fun one, took a few minutes to get the theme and a little salt from my friends, but fun to work out. Thanks AwpH

That was a good puzzle AwpH, but a heck of a theme to get. I was lucky to have seen it when it was up the few minutes earlier.

This is two nights in a row I'm just not seeing the theme - Blah! : (

I must be blind. I still can't see what I am supposed to see in that egyptian poster with the funky snake-like thing in front of it. Any more salt?

[42] Repeat aloud: Jeepers, what could it be?

[42] Look back at post [13] and see if there's something unusual about it that might lead you to the theme.

[43] Think Cleopatra

[46] I got that part. I don't know her except she was the original queen of denile.

[43] Oh no, being stuck on the serpent one could.. make one draw in the breath sharply, as from shock.

[43] [47]hey i asked you a question look where i asked

[43][47] How did Cleo die? One might say she was snakebit.

[43] [47] You know me always being sssssssssssssilly

[48] Is THAT what that thing is?

Thanks for the rock salt. We could use more for our roads here in Michigan.

Thanks scoutmom! I was out playing NLOS Cannon Challenge (see scoutmom's link on the discussion pages) killing time and I missed this puzzle coming up; hopefully, I can solve quickly and salvage some points!

[43] another name for a similar creature? nm you got it.

[52] Should I edit that post? Is it too FMHGy?

[55] Not for someone like me :-)

Oh Boy! I solved all the other puzzles tonight without a hitch, but even with the salty seasonings, I'm just not getting this one. My brain is just not seeing what I'm supposed to see.

Any salt on the heart & cupid? It's all I have left.

Edit: As soon as you ask for help - that always seems to trigger it in your brain!

Fun and clean puzzle, awpH!

meh.. not a fan. If not for some sledge hammer salt on the theme, I would have never been able to see it. None of the answers are actually what is in the picture and I am amazed anyone was able to make that leap.

Took a while to figure out the trick... and even with that, some of the answers were difficult to discern. But it was a fun puzzle. Well done.

Any salt on the tools? What they are is not what the answer includes.

Nevermind... I've always heard those called 'files'. The puzzle wants a similar tool with a little bevel part on the end, I think. But the same dilemma as #7 in the hard puzzle tonight. :)

So, when did this one come back up last night? I left about 30 minutes after the usual post time, having already finished the other 3 dailies.

[63] It ended up being reposted just over an hour late. Maybe they were making up for the oops in coming out an hour early.

Very nice puzzle. Guess it helped that I caught onto the theme right away.

Sorry to everyone who found the theme difficult to catch on to - I honestly thought the title of the puzzle would be enough coupled with one clue that clicked to immediately suggest the theme.

Thanks for the multiple positive comments, too! Glad people enjoyed it!

[66] I enjoyed it, too. And, like you said, all it took for me to figure out the theme was the title and one particular clue. I think I figured out the Cleo one first, and that opened the floodgates.

Golly Gee - it only took me the whole day to figure out the theme. After the a-ha, the puzzle only took me about a minute to complete.

Puzzle and theme ok, except for a plural on the files that shouldn't have been and a poor last clue that didn't clue anything; it was only cuz of the theme that it was obvious...