Dec 28, 2010 One Word Wonder Puzzle

It was with great honor that I accepted Arnott's invitation to create an end-of-year triptych. I hope you enjoy all 3 puzzles. See also:

Cryptopix

Hypercross

Much fun--well done!

Lovely puzzle!

Yay! 25th! I love this type of challenge, and really liked that there was a second step.

DARN! should have had this a while ago, but missed the obvious 2nd step.

Came to this one after the Hyper. Hmmm, trying a few things, but not sure where to start here. Hoping P & S will help.

Confused!!!!!

24th, though i tried a different next step that gave me an entirely different answer (albeit consistent with the theme)....(whew, had to choose my words carefully there....)

28th on crypto, 47th here, and 12th on hyper. I liked tonight.

Aaaah! What is the 2nd step??

eta: Yay! Got it ~ thanks [16]

Hooray. Loved all three.

Edit: sorry, took away my comment.

I had no problem ignoring the words in step one but for some reason I got very distracted by the words of step two. Took a while to get past that!

Any salt? I keep thinking I'm on the right track but it only works for a few letters then fails.

Edit: Finally got it with a little help from [19]. Thx!

[11] Don't tell everyone!

... I say only because I finally got the answer after staring at step 1 for embarrassingly long.

Got the first part. What is the second step?

Looking for sodium?
Looking for chlorine?
Sometimes one or the other isaltogether hidden from view.

[10] L, R, R.

[15]..you're a step ahead of me....sounds like the second is like the first, however

[16] hidden from me for sure!!!!

Uggh--would not have solved without help--Thanks!!!!!

Tough, but clever.

Still stuck? Look for "hiS ALTer ego"

Thanks for the cleverly phrased salt [16].

I can never find all the clues on these types of puzzles ... plus line 5 threw me off. Nonetheless, this puzzle was a good one. Thanks jebediehard!

Mystified by step two.

Also step one.

EDIT: looking at the author's previous work could be useful.

I liked the bottom clue the best - these aren't easy to set up, but you mastered it cleverly. Excellent job!!

Extremely well done. This is the third of the tryptych I am solving and I enjoyed all three immensely.

So well hidden that I can't find it at all! lol

Loved this one!

Tough but fun

got 1st step...i think but cant make the leap to 2nd step...SALT PLEASE

just keep doing what you're doing

I've found a phrase, but it's not the answer and I don't know what else to do with it.

Duh, gotta love the post and solve. Stupid shampoo. Thanks [28]!

[24] [27] I told my hubby, "I am getting pale, adding when I should not."

But I finally got it. That was tough!

cool..

A beautiful beautiful puzzle. I'd love to live in your mind for a just a day.

First time here.....and I have absolutely no clue what any of this means....can someone help?

[33] I sent you a TG (Tangagram) with some help. Look at the upper-right hand corner of your screen for your Tangagrams. Also, when people say "salt" they are referring to hints. So a "salty" comment is a hint. Good luck!

Very fun!

I got nothing!! Can someone help? I am new to this.

You solved this puzzle in 3 minutes and 25 seconds and were the 200th Tanga member to solve it.

Only had to find numbers 2-5 and got the answer from there! Nice puzzle!

I got so hung up on the final step.....and it was right in front of me.....groan. Very clever puzzle.