MEOW#57: Counting Down

A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
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MEOW#57: Counting Down

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Hi all and welcome to the fifty-seventh installment of the MEOW! The answer this week is something one might say on New Year's Eve.


Lynx
https://crossword.info/kvassword/Counting_Down
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing


Best of luck and Happy and Healthy New Year's to all you muggles!


Kitten

Calico

Persian

Puma

Lion
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The cat has bolted from the bag!

I’ve submitted and am awaiting confirmation. Very cool! Though I’m perhaps unclear on one thing, which I’ve put to Josh in my submission. We’ll see.

UPDATE: Confirmed!
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I'm apparently allergic to cats this week. Counting down the days until some spoilers to come out.
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#4

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Does this container
(WHICH I AM DECIDEDLY STUCK IN!)
make me look fat?
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#5

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Rating updated
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madhatter5 wrote: ↑Wed Dec 29, 2021 4:03 pm Rating updated
Lol
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Are you Lion to us?
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#8

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I ain't no cheetah
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LOL, at this rate on New Year’s Eve I will still be saying “I have nothing on Counting Down”.
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Something I noted in a PM to Josh: I felt exceptionally lucky to have solved this puzzle as relatively easily as I did. Somehow I happened to quickly notice something in a way that I almost never do. Then I more or less worked backward to the method.

Which is to say: This one isn’t easy, but it IS do-able. And the solving, for me, was very satisfying. So don’t give up!
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Answer submitted but I noticed a slight issue. I like my chances though.Update: Confirmed, and the issue was mine, not Josh’s.
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Cat's out, I think! Not exactly the intended path, but I got lucky. (Pretty much like what @ChrisKochmanski said above, except it took me longer!)
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After a struggle, the cat is free.
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The cat's out and seems to be doing morning yoga... Na-MEOW-ste! :roll:
Thanks, Josh! Happy New Year!
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Looks like this is the only party hat I'll be wearing this weekend...
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...but not giving up yet!
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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Solved, but needed a slight nudge to get me started on the right path. Interesting puzzle!
Cindy Heisler
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Looking forward to some nudges posted here also… been staring at this one for some time. There must be a way of thinking about clue # (bleep) that I just haven’t thought of yet! ( :
The other Wendy. :roll:
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Joining those waiting for nudges!
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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Yay! It’s spoiler day!
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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#20

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^^^ What he said!


I suggest solving this puzzle while standing on your head

There is no nineteen down ... so what could nineteen down possibly mean? (see nudge #1)

It's a brand new year, we should look on the upside!
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