Apr 30, 2008 Hypercross Puzzle

great puzzle

9th! Makes for a good evening!

This puzzle takes the cake.

Excellent puzzle! Took me a while to get the theme, but not too long! Pretty easy once you've got the theme. That's the recipe for a good puzzle in my book.

Who's in #9?

[5] He was in "Pure Luck"

40th...... SWEET! :)

argh, who is the person in #9?!

Fun puzzle. Loved #1!

[8] Ed Grimley.

Thanks, [6].

If it weren't for the salt on #9, I'd have come up...

Lovely puzzle!

[10] That's it by Jiminy!

I'm not certain that I'm correct on #14, Any salt?

Loved the puzzle and the theme, but must confess: I still don't "get" the title.

Thanks [6] and [12].

[8] and [15] The actor is David Boreanaz (sp?). You need the first name of the character he was playing.

[16] Ditto. Still confused.

[15] The vampire on the left is played by David Boreanaz.

[19] got it. Thanks. I too don't understand the title.

[19] got it. Thanks. I too don't understand the title.

Nice one. I have to admit that I was halfway thru before the theme clicked.
Solved all 4 puzzles tonight in 12 minutes ... a very different experience than the previous two nights!

#14 was a bit of a toughie

Solved it, but I don't understand the title.

The theme comes from a popular shirt design
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Edit: Actually comes from the video game "Portal," the shirt is just a spinoff.

Search " the (theme of this puzzle) is a liar"

fun puzzle!

I googled 'David Boreanaz' and got a naked picture of him, lol.

[28] Great! Now try using imdb.com. (Seriously. Besides, an "image search" wouldn't really help anyway.)

To be honest, I'm not 100% sure I get the title, either. At least, I haven't really played the game it's from. But since "the ____ is a lie", with the relevant theme word in the blank, gets over 500,000 Google hits, I figured at least some people would recognize it.

Anyway, glad to see that people seem to like it.

[28] wouldn't that be more buns than cake?

I didn't search on the image, it just came up, kind of opposite from what they were looking for on that one.

man just took forever but I liked it good puzzle

[30] I haven't played it either, but I have so many friends who have who have quoted that bit that it did eventually click for me. If I'd been able to recognize the guy in #9 this would have been one of my fastest hypercross solves ever. Fun one.

[30] Thanks for explaining! Ironically, the first site I went to sells the shirt and the product description is headed "Pushing Obscure References To Another Level"! ;-)

i feel dumb asking...but who's in #3?!?
Edit: never mind i got it and i am dumb

Scrumptious puzzle!

It's not a lie! It's NOT, it's NOT, it's NOT!!!! It's delicious and it's my FRIEND! Not the disembodied voice trying to make me solve puzz - oh. Never mind....

I'm stuck on the bricklayer. Any help?

[39] thanks for the salt on #12!

Need 6 and 11. NM: Just got it. [39] Don't worry about the bricks

Well, I'm still confused. What was the salt I accidentally dispensed?

Edited: I am soooo dense.

[42] We are all as dense as bricks once in while!

me want sugar after this.

Missed the red velvet.

Cool puzzle, too bad Tanga won't let me rate it.

missing 6, 11, and 19 any salt?
just 6 and 11 finally able to recognize what was in his hand

[47] Sure thing, son. The mythical creature is from a foreign film, you want the English title.

The other symbol is a foreign currency.

And now I get the title and theme. That's what I get for playing that game in French.

Well clued all around. Thanks!

This puzzle was a triumph.

Will the companion cube be next?

I am only missing one. I have no idea what #19 is :(

Ok. I figured it out. For some reason it looks deceptively flat to me. I did not realize that it was spherical!

The reference is indeed from the game Portal. The AI that you are competing against promises [keyword] if you cooperate with her near the end of the game. The [keyword] is a lie because she was just trying to tempt you from continuing on.

My kind of puzzle! Mmmmmm................