One Word Wonder

I've got one, two, five, seven and nine...don't know what to do with them yet...

Arrrghhh... I've got all but one, and still no inspiration on what's next.

Yay #1! My first!

I got it from the first six clues. I still can't figure out any of the last three.

I've got six clues and an idea that isn't quite clicking

It took you 22 minutes and 8 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 2nd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

Never got the love/pool clue, but not needed to solve.

I've since figured out #7. Still no idea how 8 and 9 are derived. I know what NYC's largest jail is, and I can't make it fit the pattern of this puzzle whatsoever.

I can't get 4. I feel like its a big hole i n what I'm trying to do.
Got 4 now. Why can't I do anything with these?

Yeah, 4's the last one I need, though apparently you don't need them all to get it.

Bah, some google'ing and I understand #9. Some pop culture references just go over my head.

I'm not sure I understand number nine. I can't get it to fit with the rest. And I don't have 8 right.

Wow, 4th, more than half an hour in.

It's easier than it looks. I was way overthinking. And you don't need 'em all, I only had 5 of them.

My first top 3! (and I returned to this after the hypercross and easy one...) I got the first 6 clues, which allowed me to solve it. Still not sure I understand the last three.

# t took you 26 minutes and 16 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 3rd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

# It took you 45 minutes and 18 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 6th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

Argh!! Be warned, the big circle is a clue to the answer, not the method.

It took you 8 minutes and 19 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 8th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
Average solve time: 26 minutes and 44 seconds.
Median solve time: 26 minutes and 16 seconds.

Always with the TNs. Nice one.

It took you 54 minutes and 33 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 7th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

I was so close for a long time. I needed a nudge from the obvious to make me see there was another option to apply my thinking to. Still top ten after almost an hour!

Has anyone gotten the eighth one and can give me a clue? I solved without it, but it's bugging me.

I don't get it, what do you use the numbers on?

Oy. I only had clues 1-6 and went through every possible permutation of the answer word about 10 times because I was sure that was the root, but it took looking in a dictionary to get me to remember the actual word.

Is BGG down? Can't get it to load.

I've had all the clues but one for a while, but I'm severely stumped as to how to apply...

I can get on BGG.

* It took you 26 minutes and 2 seconds to solve this puzzle.
* You were the 18th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.

Got some key salt from BGG. I was able to figure out 7 of the 9 clues (assuming my answer to the last one is correct), but it took a little salt to figure out how to apply them.

Tough puzzle!

the answer doesn't fit the picture(much) and I still don't know about the balls. Tough but good puzzle worth more than two!

Don't see what the balls have to do with it

Wow! 31st after 1 hour 52 minutes!

Time to hit the sack.

32nd almost 2 1/2 hours after posting...
Really tough!

[25]Glad to see you got it too! Thanks for the help!!

It took you 45 minutes and 31 seconds to solve this puzzle.
You were the 70th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
70th at over 6 hours in. This one is pretty tough.

What is BGG?

[28] BGG is boardgamegeek.com. There is a tanga puzzle thread there that tends to have more explicit clues than are posted here. Here is the link:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/131250/page/335

The first letters of each clue anagrams to "BEGAN FUNK" and I went down that road for a while, only to find it a total dead end.

sigh...

This was solvable without figuring out every clue, but the eighth clue was way too obscure.

[31] I thought that the eighth clue would be difficult, but as a mathematician I couldn't resist. Additionally, I thought it couldn't hurt to possibly introduce people to objects, which, in the words of their Wikipedia entry:

Due to their aesthetic beauty and symmetry, the (objects in question) have been a favorite subject of geometers for thousands of years.