MEOW #114: The Sign of Four

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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Thanks for the puzzle! We think the cat has been released!
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Welcome back, Josh!

The cat has vamoosed the bag.
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Bird Lives wrote: ↑Wed Feb 01, 2023 2:25 pm Awaiting Copenhagen confirmation, confidently. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to let the cat of the Baskervilles out of the bag.
This post only added to the intrigue. I finally solved the mystery. The cat is on the loose.
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Cat is out -- Scat!
Last edited by whimsy on Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:39 pm, edited 2 times in total.
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Cat is out of the bag...now to go back and "puzzle and puzzle until my puzzler gets sore" on the MMM and MOAT.
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Well, a hint and I achieve.... no, I will resist....

I think I have it.
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.

My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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I'm officially stumped. Absolutely no clue what to do with this one!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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I’m stumped too …. Nada!
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I usually hope to clear the decks for WSJ and MGWCC, but w a Week 1 dropping today, this one’ll outlast them…nary a toehold
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Count me among the stumped.
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#31

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Waiting for confirmation, but fairly confident that the Cat is out of the bag.

Fun one, took me putting it down and coming back to it.
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Thanks to @woozy the cat is free!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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#33

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Cat is stuck. I'll wait for official nudges or inspiration or the fire department. Whichever comes first.
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#34

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Nudges!

Do not overthink. This is a one-stepper

Every word is a number.

Hope this will work well / does task okay
https://pandorasblocks.org/crosswords-for-cancer
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Needed the second nudge but then the answer dawned on me.
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The cat was successfully nudged out of the tree, no fire department necessary.

Thanks Josh and welcome back!
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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Tried to make it harder than it was. The cat has escaped!
Welcome back, Josh!
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#38

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The cat has been nudged out of the bag. Fun grid and meta, Josh !!
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Good one Josh, even if I had to use an electronic helper to put me on the right track.

Cat is out

Josh is back

Order is restored


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NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges where needed; metas should be about fun, not frustration. Send me what you have done so far because often you are closer than you think!
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Got it with the nudges, though in retrospect I should have followed through more thoroughly after nudge 2. Fun, thanks.
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