Apr 03, 2008 Hypercross Puzzle

Who's the guy in clue #25?

do 2 of them have the same answer??

I'm just missing the "plant" - and all different answers so far.

edit: NM - the post then solve syndrome just hit.

[2] Wondering the same thing myself. A couple of these don't really make sense.

[4] yea they really don't... I need 25 and maybe 9 or 5??

[5] For #5 google the tv show and take the character's nickname. For #9 go with the generic term for all paper money. For #25 he hosts an NBC news magazine.

They all have different answers, but I needed to consult a list of "theme"-words to get a few.

I think #25 might be Oliver, but I am only going on comparing google-images hits to what I know the answer is. {edit: if the above post is right, then I am wrong about the image}

#5 needs the character

#9 needs a generic (but not TOO generic) term for the image.

25 is Mr. Phillips, formally.

What is that thing in #4?

alright all but the damn plant fern looking thing

[10] it's one of the common terms for something you smoke. Think of those terms in relation to the theme and one should jump out. Any hint for #4?

[10] You mean #12?

Guess you are just to straight-laced and law abiding to recognize it. (Or perhaps have never been to a Grateful Dead concert....)

[11] For #4
It's a bad clue....but think of a whole bunch of those characters and then perhaps a generic name. Or perhaps, think of a donation to the American Red Cross, especially after a disaster.

[12] Thanks. that makes sense. But I must have some other wrong because it isn't all accepting.

You are a freaking genius!! You solved this puzzle.
You solved this puzzle in 0 seconds and were the 18th Tanga member to solve it. You earned 5 points for solving this.
That was hard - hadnt heard of half of them.

[12] I thought it was that but with the letters I have nothing seems to fit in there...

EDIT: got it... I think more about kentucky though..

I recognize several clues, but without a theme.... Colors, or emotions?

Aha! I could have been called #8 in a different time.

this one is floating so far above my brain it hurts - can not get the theme at all....

A thesaurus can sometimes be helpful in discerning the theme:
http://thesaurus.reference.com/browse/sad

I'm stuck at 'not accepting' too. :(

Would someone mind explaining to me how this is supposed to work? I have only been able to solve one of these puzzles. I would have thought that a dollar bill with a green background would be a "greenback" but it looks like I have the wrong idea here.

I've come back to this one about 20 times and still can't get a handle on it....

wow, this was hard.

[21] [22] the theme is in the title: what color are you when sad?

All the answers start that way. Many are obscure. Plus there are enough possibilities that you can fill the grid with a viable answer and it not work.

FINALLY !!!!

This puzzle sucked...

hey, 108th!

114th...too many clues...

[26] yes, but in addition to TOO MANY clues, many of the answers crossed in only one place....and that place was the common four letter word which they all share. This gives NO HELP at all to the solver...especially when there are alternate valid answers.

Bleech! Poor, poor puzzle creation! It doesn't suck but comes VERY close.

For the record, I only missed one and had to have help with it to finish. The picture is not of a peach or apricot with a STEM, but it's human skin and has a 4 letter parasite living on it. (The full answer being the breed of a hound dog.)