Cryptopix

Cute!

It's a very clever picture/word puzzle, but I don't think it's a cryptopix.

...and isn't it missing 2 words between the third and fourth ones? Not that it matters, still easy enough.

Another one I solved on the bike ride to work! In the rain! I guess it just soaked in.....

[3] That's the problem. A true cryptopix has only one possible correct answer. The same cannot be said of this puzzle, for which a solver might have to try multiple possible solutions before hitting the exact phrasing the constructor intended.

The same was true of yesterday's http://tanga.com/puzzles/3738-8-27-2008, and several other recent unfeatured cryptopixes.

Is this a trend?

[5] well....they were unfeatured

maybe it's time for another puzzle category
"None of the above"...

[5] I suppose the phrase "Cryptopix puzzles are solved by putting the pictures together to form a word or phrase!" can be interpreted in different ways by different people - much like the answer to this puzzle! :)

I thought this was a very cute puzzle.

I think the guessing game as to which set of words and or punctuation should be left to another kind of puzzle as in[6]
Cryptograms IMHO should be a unique word or phrase given by a set of pictures as in[5]

[9] Cryptograms? They have cryptograms on this site? :)

Sorry if you didn't like it. I thought that the fact that the little boy was shirtless and the reference to the 2nd amendment were enough to give you the correct "word or phrase". Especially thinking about how a child would interpret that phrase that describes the amendment.

I had fun creating it, and hoped you would have fun solving it.

[11] For what it's worth, I did.

[11] I liked it, got the reference right away. But for others, perhaps the boy should have been wearing a shirt with the sleeves torn off. ;D

[12] Thanks! And thanks [1] [2] [8] and anyone I might have missed! :P

[11] I get the puzzle, what i don't get is the exact phrasing that you're looking for. I've tried multiple combinations.

[11] I liked it.

[15] Leave out "keep and"

nice five word wonder

[16] Thanks, I was missing "the" first word.

I thought it was cute and got the wording right on the first try. I think it's more often quoted without the two extra words. I wasn't so sure about putting the "the", but would have tried it the other way regardless.

I find I often have to try several wordings and punctuation to get the right one. A good cryptopix reduces that as much as possible, but it isn't always easy.

This was really cute. [18], I had the same problems with the "the". Thumbs up here!

Very cute !

I agree with [17]. It was a five word wonder. BUT, since we don't have a puzzle category for that, I say it fits quite nicely into the Cryptopix family! And I agree with [19] that the wording in "straightforward" Cryptos can be a bit befuddling at times.

I think the whole idea of these is to make you think a smidge outside the box. And Scoutmom did that quite nicely. *--pat on the back--*

[20] [18] I also was in "the" same category...

Great puzzle scoutmom, as usual!

[11] while I solved this in a few minutes it still is a poor puzzle and there are all too many of those recently (in addition to the 'tea' one how about the 'mullet' one?).
Nothing in this puzzle indicated the little boy doesn't want to put on a shirt-the puzzle should contain enough actual clues to get the *EXACT* word or phrase *only* -including articles (there is one here), not just create an open-ended guessing game.
These puzzles lately are getting poor and the reviewers should be doing a better job, as well as the puzzle makers.
Is this a result of the new puzzle moderators?
-[end of 2 cents]

[24] I appreciate your comments, however, the phrase "The Supreme Court said I don't have to wear a shirt if I don't want to, so back off, Mom" kind of indicates he doesn't want to wear a shirt.

And remember, even after the featured puzzles are approved moderator, they still have to be approved by Arnott.

For those that did like it, I'm glad I created something you could enjoy. Featured or not, my goal is to make a fun puzzle.

[24] What new mods? The same crew of mods has been working the puzzles since the end of May.

And (based on my stint as a moderator, so biased to all get out) - I think the quality of puzzles has actually improved with the moderators on board as more eyes, fresh eyes are helping the creators fine tune their puzzles.

I don't mean to imply that every puzzle is a classic. If it were, we would have only featured puzzles. The unfeatured slots were developed (and the points a bit lower) to allow a greater variety of puzzles to be published. While not every puzzle will work for everyone, I do hope that a majority of the puzzles work for the majority of the people and that folks have fun most of the time.

much like:
http://www.bustedtees.com/secondamendment

I got it on my first try (unlike some recently that I had to try numerous combinations to get it exactly). This had more of the (One) Word Wonder feel to it, but I liked it. I'm still a newbie with only one published puzzle (my second got rejected), so this is better than I can do. Thank you scoutmom!

Just to beat a dead horse. I really liked the puzzle and found it clever. Everyone has a different opinion and that doesn't mean it is a bad puzzle or if we struggle at solving it, that doesn't mean it is a bad puzzle either. I think sometimes people are too quick to negatively comment on puzzles, when it is usually just about preference. Like for me on this one because I really had fun on this one.

Homophones! I'm not sure who would fail me first, my English teacher or civics teacher.

That and the "the" thing.

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