Hypercross: In August, it's the 13th, not the 15th

I have a bunch of answers but I don't get it.

Siamese bubbles? WTF?

Ah, post and solve! SHINY siamese bubbles!

Too bad it won't take my answers....

That was fun!

Salt on 5 please.

Stuck on #5 and #10.

Would be nice if #5 crossed with more than one answer.

wow number 5 has me totally stumped

Well I answered them all, but I still don't get it. Thanks to those who helped.

stuck on 5 as well.

Is there a theme?

[11] i just had an AHA moment on the theme. There is one but kind of subtle.

i guessed the theme before even solving one of the clues, but i still can't get 5.

[9] for #6, just write out what it is

for the theme, remember that we're in August, not March.

Fun!

[9] TG sent.

I think #5 is a desert, but it's not taking my answers.

Anyone offering clues here on #5? I see a lot of people asking, but no hope of any salt yet....

For #5 I just googled the name of the continent with the type of feature that is pictured, and the answer popped right out.

I take that back. Thanks [17]... Stay on that track.

Ah, now I see the theme - and that I had #10 wrong.

Beware the theme... At least in March.

For #5 - A far off desert?

[22] even with all of your comment changes i am still completely lost on 5! and google is not being a friend tonight.

[23] Think fried squid.

I'd establish the theme first to make great strides in finding a guide suitable for solving this puzzle.

If I had any clue who is pictured in #4, I'd be done...

Salt on 5 please!!

Oops! Meant 10!

am i going to feel like a complete idiot once i figure out 5!? i sure hope not, but its starting to stress me out!

[28] it is an optical phenomenon

[29] if you look like an idiot, you'll get your just deserts...

wow I feel kinda silly for not getting the theme. or should I say getting the theme without understanding the correlation. solve.

feeling kind of bland on 5 and 6. Could really use some seasoning

I know the theme, I thought I had all the answers but it's not taking them. All my answers fit the theme.

[33] for 5, see above, for 6, that is the answer, in the Caesarian section...

I see the salt for #5 but I am just not finding it and 6 is still stumping me.

GOT IT! FINALLY! Tricky though. Maybe should have found a clue that better fit the puzzle. But still a good one!

[37] Can I send you what I have so you can tell me where I am wrong?

Thanks [30], wikipedia is my friend.

[36] TG sent

[39] any salt for clue #4?

[40] Thanks I see it now.

[40] Get my TG?

I still need 4 and 6.

Anyone willing to check mine?

[45] I will, finally got 4 and 6, you can TG me.

I am still dumbfounded by 6. I'm sure I am making it much harder than it actually is but I am just not seeing it.

[43] Yes, but other than the main characters, I am clueless about the Simpsons, but I finally figured it out. It was like bobbing for apples! Thanks!

he was sort of a bad apple too:)

I cry uncle! I think I have been stumped :(

So, that seems to have been harder than I expected. (Maybe we should have held it until March after all?) Hope people enjoyed it, mostly; sorry if the African geographic feature proved too hard.

[51] Forgiven:) Just because I am stuck doesn't mean it wasn't a good puzzle

somehow, i found the bubble picture the hardetst - missed the blurb at the bottom.

For #5, don't call it a "Bush" - I got the whole answer immediately once I got the theme.

clues couldve been better thought out, 1 letter for #5!?!?! why not just leave it off?!!?!?

The answer for number 6 is spelled out right in front of you

For # 5 I found a landform map that helped.

I'm just dead on #4...any other salt out there please?

I learned that the color of a bubble is an accurate measure of the thickness of the soap film. Fascinating...

that is number 6

[50] I think that #6 might be an abbreviation for something. . . (i.e. e.g., et al., etc.)

[57] I'm sure Frasier Crane could help him work out his aggression.

salt on #10:

I just love to watch the bubble's eerie descent from the sky to the grass before it pops.

Nice puzzle Tahnan!
[12] you are right... the theme is very subtle... took me awhile to see it

finally...thanks for the help.

SOlved. but, what's the THEME?!?

[30] Thin-film doesn't fit anywhere in the clue, and that's necessary for every answer I can think of.

Got the theme. Got an answer for everything that fits the theme. "Sorry, that is not correct." Aargh!

That was a fun puzzle although I was stumped for a while on #1. I miss-typed the clue as Ramban in google and got the wrong answer that fit perfectly in not only the spaces but with the theme as well.

D'oh! Thanks heccubus, I did exactly the same thing with #1!

[62] Brilliant, thanks!