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Solve the clues to fill in the grid! Type in the answers to the clues on the right side of the Hypercross puzzle below. Clicking a thumbnail image will enlarge it. You can Tab through the clues while the image is enlarged. You can also click on the first space of a word in the grid to view the clue for that word. If two words begin in the first cell, click the cell again to view the downward word. Be sure to check your spelling! Click on the "Check your Answers" button when you think you’ve got them all.
110 Comments
Schwade
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:08 PM |
Wow, I finally got the a-ha moment after I completed the entire puzzle. Really funny though
Yawetag
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:09 PM |
Got them, but can't figure out the topic.
princessproton
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:13 PM |
[1] Can't get top across...I hope that doesn't mean all my answers are wrong.
Edit: Got it, just couldn't remember it apparently.
Hackmaster12
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:11 PM |
OK... I still don't get the theme, and "Australia" doesn't fit in the boxes...
ethnosax
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:12 PM |
Took me a loooong time to figure out the theme with this one. Not at all in my sphere of interests. And it took me many minutes to figure out why Australia isn't Australia (technically, the entire country is not what the answer is, but people will get it anyway, eventually).
Hackmaster12
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:13 PM |
[3] Remember it...
greenie
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:13 PM |
The topic is orthogonal, at best.
When do you want to get a 300? That will help with the Australia one too.
blahmcblah
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:14 PM |
[3] Think San Antonio.
There's some kind of selection thing for these tonight, I think...
ethnosax
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:14 PM |
[3] I can tell you there's no basement there, that's for sure.
[4] That one makes me hungry for steaks.
Hackmaster12
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:16 PM |
[9] Mmmmmm... Steak.... That did it.
warghoul
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:21 PM |
I'm stuck on the alligator one....unless of course I have others wrong...any salt?
edit...had a word spelled wrong......got it!
threehojos
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:19 PM |
Salt for second to last down? City in lights?
warghoul
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:20 PM |
you said it....city in lights....
DrParty06
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:20 PM |
[11] no you have that one exactly right.
dragonsgaze
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:23 PM |
[12] I bet if you think hard enough you can get it
Hackmaster12
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:24 PM |
[15] I bet you're right.
threehojos
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:25 PM |
Got all the answers but the theme escapes me.....
mhuber
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:25 PM |
[9] Steak did it for me as well...Thanks!
Yawetag
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:26 PM |
Okay. I know one instance when I want to get a 300 (my dad does it professionally). However, as far as I can tell, none of the answers have anything to do with it. If someone would like to message me the theme, I'd be delighted. Thanks!
Hope2002
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:28 PM |
I answered them all and I have no idea what the theme is.
warbanner
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:30 PM |
I wouldn't say "getting a 300" quite fits with the theme, unless I'm missing a newish phrase (I did this for ten years growing up and never heard that phrase).
Anyway, if you can't get the theme, try again on New Year's Day.
martinp13
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:32 PM |
Wow... can't believe the topic is that foreign to so many people. I had it after the first across and the longest down. Good timing on this one.
If you can answer them all and not get the theme, do the usual.
Archangel
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:37 PM |
Am i the only one who hasn't gotten the Austrailia one with this being rated one star?
mrdehate
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:41 PM |
Most of the clues were easy enough that I didn't care about the theme, until the Australia one. [8] tipped me off to the theme, then it was cake from there.
Hope2002
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:42 PM |
Someone told me the theme. It is something I am familiar with, but I don't know what it has to do with 300.
Niner
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:46 PM |
I'm having trouble w/ the alligator and the gem.
Niner
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:47 PM |
just got the theme and the puzzle, thanks to all!
jjcool
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:47 PM |
[21] "getting a 300" most definitely has to do with the theme of the puzzle. They are both the same word.
gst
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:48 PM |
that last clue was just right...
jjcool
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:48 PM |
[26] think briefly about he first, then look again at the picture of the second.
warbanner
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 07:54 PM |
[28] NOW I get it. I was thinking of the general activity in the theme, not the specific theme, which then relates to the name of an OTHER activity where getting a 300 is ideal.
xandryyte
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 08:22 PM |
I finally solve a Hypercross!!! :D :)
Markel
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 08:45 PM |
Solved it (with a bit of help from a crossword solver for the Australia clue), but I still don't see the theme.
[edit] plugged a few of the answers together into google, and I see the theme now.
jtotheh
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 08:45 PM |
Well, I finally got it, no thanks to the title, which I didn't understand until a good ten minutes after solving.
cmabratte
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 08:47 PM |
woo i got it, first hypercross, with a little help from the gf on what that red and green flower was.
fratzkehw
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 08:56 PM |
Thanks! Your clue led me right down the proper alley!
Mrballiwhoo
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 08:59 PM |
i have no idea on the long one down, any help
gordon1018
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 08:59 PM |
I liked that, and poignant too
Mease19
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 09:18 PM |
I am so lost. I get the theme, I think I have all the answers right. They're spelled right. What am I doing wrong?
Sneezy96
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 09:42 PM |
The only one I don't have is the white building. Could I get some salt please???
Mease19
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 09:47 PM |
Is there something that isn't obvious?
Sneezy96
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:00 PM |
[37] It's rather popular this time of year.
mbjork
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:00 PM |
37 see them during Christmas
dajagr
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:03 PM |
Ouch. I count the title a serious red herring. I don't know enough about the actual topic of the puzzle to recognize the entries, so I was thinking that somehow the terms had to do with the 300 activity, rather than what they actually are.
dajagr
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 10:04 PM |
[40] I had some salt, but I can't remember...
kswitz
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:02 PM |
got the theme after two answers but it took a second to make the connection to the title. took even longer to get the points, as I apparently don't know how to spell.
andythewxman
Posted on Sun Dec 02, 2007 11:58 PM |
Too easy
softball80
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 12:28 AM |
tis the season...
runart
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 03:02 AM |
We made it to the first across this year. "WE ARE....."
melantha
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 05:35 AM |
Still can't get the croc or the Australia clue... Salt, please?? :)
alysedai
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 05:37 AM |
I got the puzzle...just still can't understand the theme...
blargh.
Maybe I don't participate in that activity enough...the only reason I go to that place is for karaoke.
Killians1978
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 05:51 AM |
Touchdown! Finally solved it! [33] was the biggest help of all. You'll still need a few of the answers to get you going. Perhaps the saltiest clue out there!
Killians1978
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 05:53 AM |
Oh, and for the record, the theme is a facepalm when you give it a couple seconds to sink in.
jgoewert
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 06:41 AM |
Got the theme...
Without giving the theme outright, go get some cereal and pay attention to what you put it in...
Not really an interest for me, so I still don't know what 300 means in relation to it.
Hope2002
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 07:05 AM |
The theme is completely misleading. It has to do with something that is radically different than the actual subject except for the fact that at a certain time of year one uses a form of the name of the other. It's a stretch. The answers themselves were easy. I just can't figure out why such an easy puzzle would need such a stretch for a title.
melantha
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 07:18 AM |
[54] Thank you. And I don't get the theme, either.
HEDWARDS0006
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 07:40 AM |
Awesome
Vante
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 07:49 AM |
It's understandable that people aren't seeing the connection, most of these names have been lost to the corporate sponsors.
Killians1978
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 08:04 AM |
I'll explain the theme in the BGG thread, since this puzzle's been up for a number of hours already.
theChony
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 08:31 AM |
[9] One of the greatest movies. Funniest part when they wake him, "What do you remember?" "I remember..." Then they all cheer.
imapuzzl
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 08:40 AM |
The name of the puzzle isn't that much of a stretch. It's an oft used pun in a particular section of the newspaper during this time of year. Couldn't have been a more appropriate day to run this one.
The only thing that could be better would have been to include the participants. (Oh-oh. Is that the sound of people rushing to their keyboards?)
DC3
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 08:42 AM |
A winning record could get you in one
radiotalent
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 08:57 AM |
Fun puzzle...I agree with the thought that the title was a bit of a stretch...I'd have preferred something more porcine for instance.
sigmazero13
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 09:13 AM |
After I finally "got" the theme (after I got the puzzle itself), I still think the title is a stretch.
Sure, it equates to the same word, but a word with such disjointed meanings in this context that it doesn't really help with the puzzle at all :)
theChony
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 09:19 AM |
Maybe everyone here are nerds.(btw I own a life size replica of a certain scoundrel in carbonite) I knew the theme when I read the title on the link. This would be all you hear about in the news today and I am no fan.
McDick
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 09:27 AM |
The title is a bit of a pun.
TIMMAY
Posted on Mon Dec 03, 2007 09:36