MEOW #WhoGivesADarn: Clever Solver

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 #WhoGivesADarn: Clever Solver

#1

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Hi all and welcome to the one hundred and fifteenth installment of the MEOW! Another fairly gettable one I think. What can I say, I've mellowed with age.

The answer this week is a blazer.

LYNX:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link
https://crossword.info/kvassword/Clever_Solver

Kitten
Calico
Persian
Puma
Lion

Best of luck!
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#2

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Hey! You are still with us! We're glad!
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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#3

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I think the cat is free! Nice aha moment. :D
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#4

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The cat is running free. Thanks, Josh!
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#5

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Note, typos in clues are not meta related, I just have an issue with my keyboard.
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#6

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This cool mouser has emerged from the bag...
or rather :? a hard-shelled bubble backpack pet carrier!
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#7

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The cat is free. Another clever one. Thanks, Josh.
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#8

Post by madhatter5 »

Another note:

The prompt might also read: "The answer to this meta is a blazer".
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#9

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The cat is (togged) out
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Fun meta. Thanks Josh good to see you back!
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#10

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Debagged feline! Clever, Josh… like Ben above, there was a nice AHA! when the first couple dominoes fell
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#11

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Cat is out of the bag. I stumbled on the first connection that I THOUGHT I found. I then found the rest and gad to go back and correct the first one.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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#12

Post by Dplass »

madhatter5 wrote: Wed Feb 08, 2023 2:19 am Hi all and welcome to the one hundred and fifteenth installment of the MEOW! Another fairly gettable one I think. What can I say, I've mellowed with age.

The answer this week is a blazer.

LYNX:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link
https://crossword.info/kvassword/Clever_Solver

Kitten
Calico
Persian
Puma
Lion

Best of luck!
Beware: alphacross on Android does not like 2-letter answers. It gets the numbering wrong and doesn't have 64D 65D or 66D and changes 67A to 64A in the grid.
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#13

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Cat is out of the bag - thanks, @madhatter5!
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#14

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Well I think I have released the cat, but I'm not 100% sure.

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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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#15

Post by ChrisKochmanski »

Cat has waved bye bye to bag.

Somehow that was more than a Calico for me. I suppose I was over-thinking it. I needed a bit of direction from another kind Muggle.

Thanks, Josh!

Go … … wait, remind me … … who’s playing on Sunday?🙂
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#16

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No idea what's going on in this meta, but hey it's free, so thanks.
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#17

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It were the winter of 23 it were, I was in a bag and saw so many paths out, but none of then went all the way. Finally, when I was down to my last bit of kibble I saw the way. It was horrible I tell you, horrible...I thought I was going to be in there FOREVER!!!

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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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#18

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DrTom wrote: Fri Feb 10, 2023 10:45 am Image
Hey, where'd you get that picture of me?
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 97. Drab Bag
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#19

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Cat unbagged!

Thanks, Josh!
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#20

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OMG - just came here to see if any nudges had been posted and was assaulted by Dr. Tom’s cat. Then I started laughing and couldn’t stop… 🤣
The other Wendy. :roll:
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