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Out of the fast-food take-out bag.
Great puzzle, great fun.
Thanks, you two hams-burgers!

That was fun!

Not my strongest suit, but the cat is free.

Cat scatted, and I took her place on the couch (to mix a muggle metaphor). This was the most pun I’ve had in a very long time!

whimsy wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 9:01 pm Untitledzzpunishment.png

Out of the fast-food take-out bag.
Great puzzle, great fun.
Thanks, you two hams-burgers!

Well hot dog!

T

WHEW! We were worried there for a few minutes, it was late in the day and we had only about 10 solvers. No doubt everyone trying to solve the meta from that grandstander on Monday. How dare he try to horn in on our puns? The nerve!

Anyway we are up to 23:

1 Hector
2 Meg
3 boharr
4 Chris Kochmanski
5 Al Sisti
6 Cindy
7 Bird Lives
8 markhr
9 ajk
10 JHSeaman
11 kurtalert
12 Tyrpmom
13 Darrell
14 hcbirker
15 MatthewL
16 THC
17 Carolyn
18 ImOnToo
19 Pair O Ducks
20 ergcat
21 whimsy
22 BarbaraK
23 HeadInHome

That is very respectable so (and those of you waiting for them, don't blame us, blame these overachievers!) we will hold off one more day on the Nudges. Thanks to everyone who has solved so far, and if you have not, hurry up before the WSJ gets in the way!

[Thought I posted this yesterday, but missed that it didn't submit...]
Still haven't gotten a toehold - happy to let it simmer for a bit. But this one deserved a post-grid-fill salute: so much creativity and stupid nonsense Just a delight!

Got it! Cat released.

Solved! Good one, with the punishment fitting the chrhyme.
Lewis the cat is gladioli had to stay in the bag 1 day. Now out to the garden to inspect the big hole our dog Ruthie dug right in the middle of a bergenia plant looking for that squirrel

After a lovely chicken breakfast, the cats have found their way out of the bag!

MaineMarge wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 12:29 pm

Solved! Good one, with the punishment fitting the chrhyme.
Lewis the cat is gladioli had to stay in the bag 1 day. Now out to the garden to inspect the big hole our dog Ruthie dug right in the middle of a bergenia plant looking for that squirrelIMG_6877.jpeg

Well if he waits until after 4 PM he can look for a rabbit!!!

hoover wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:00 pm After a lovely chicken breakfast, the cats have found their way out of the bag!

Ah, so it appears this answers the age old question, "what came first, the chicken or the bag"
Thanks for solving!

Groaned and giggled my way through the grid last night. Fresh eyes solved the meta instantly this morning. Wonderful collab, gentlemen!

DrTom wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:51 pm

hoover wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 1:00 pm After a lovely chicken breakfast, the cats have found their way out of the bag!

Ah, so it appears this answers the age old question, "what came first, the chicken or the bag"
Thanks for solving!

You didn't ask, but breakfast was a portion of Raising Cane's chicken tender with the breading chewed off by moi, then torn into manageable bits.

Cat is free, once I deciphered the clues and then took a fresh look. Well done.

DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:03 pm
That is very respectable so (and those of you waiting for them, don't blame us, blame these overachievers!) we will hold off one more day on the Nudges. Thanks to everyone who has solved so far, and if you have not, hurry up before the WSJ gets in the way!

Has it been one more day yet?

CPJohnson wrote: ↑Thu Jun 29, 2023 7:05 pm

DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jun 28, 2023 11:03 pm
That is very respectable so (and those of you waiting for them, don't blame us, blame these overachievers!) we will hold off one more day on the Nudges. Thanks to everyone who has solved so far, and if you have not, hurry up before the WSJ gets in the way!

Has it been one more day yet?

As Jean Valjean said..."one day more" and it has been indeed. Nudges to follow board update!

Solver Board Update:

24 LauraM
25 lbray53
26 rjy
27 Berto
28 MaineMarge
29 hoover
30 PuzNewbie
31 ReB
32 BrennerTJ

It appears LOTS of you like this one. Mike and I are humbled by your praise but are soooo pleased you like it. It took a lot of time to come up with the components and then we had to rein ourselves in (yes believe it or not what you see is a reined in version) so that the answers were not obvious only to us and perhaps a Pungeon Master ( a title we both aspire to). Thank you dear Muggles!!

Nudges, YAY!!!

As usual the title gives away the mechanism, but admittedly it is subtle here

The meta answer is 8 letters long

Sometimes the path lies in the answers, sometimes in the clues, and sometimes...

Are their 8 things that you might identify as themers based on a characteristic

When have you EVER known either of us to be succinct?

Okay... when are the real nudges coming?

The cat has been dragged, scratching and yowling, from the bag. My thanks to @DrTom for the remedial nudges!