MEOW #79: Bring Up the Rear

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I certainly don't have it. Sadly the nudges were ... already considered.
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Hmmm I can't really think of another nudge. Maybe someone else can
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#23

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How about --

Don't fall for any red herrings!

And that's an order!
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Once again I needed remedial nudges to solve, but the cat is finally free.
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#25

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Got it. Giggle. Thanks for the puzzle. Really cool construction.
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#26

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Cat's out and... "bringing up the rear" which in a cat's non-verbal means "enjoyed that" :D
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Okay... I'm beginning to wonder what in heck I can possibly be missing. There's only a finite number of things "bring up the rear" can mean and yet this puzzle is as impenetrable to me today as it was on Wednesday. And it sure is beginning to look as though I am the absolute only one.
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woozy wrote: ↑Sun Jun 05, 2022 10:40 pm Okay... I'm beginning to wonder what in heck I can possibly be missing. There's only a finite number of things "bring up the rear" can mean and yet this puzzle is as impenetrable to me today as it was on Wednesday. And it sure is beginning to look as though I am the absolute only one.
I'm still with you @woozy. I think we need remedial nudges - two nudges just wasn't enough!
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Finally got it...had help from Cinny.
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Got it with help from Dplass.

I guess I couldn't get it because I had....

Oh, never mind.

So really? It's come to this XWord Muggle Forum, has it?
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Gotten ‘em, er, got it.
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#32

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Sorry for the late reveal!

The answer is COLONOSCOPIES. Found by going "up" one cell from the "rear" letters of the words in the themers.
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