My neighbor just rescued 2 cats this week, so while the cat is out here, 2 other cats now have a home across the street.
Re: MEOW # 176 Recitation Implication
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 9:27 am
by whimsy
A list of those brave enough to get up and recite --
Cap'n Rick (TS)
DrTom (TS)
hoover
Pair O Ducks (schmidtzy)
HeadinHome
DCBilly
boharr
Danny K Bernstein
Hector
MatthewL
woozy
I M Snamhcok (Chris K)
Carolyn
rjy
Mwoychick
Bird Lives
Tyrpmom
Ergcat
Tom Wilson
heidi
DOrtiz
JM
lbray53
DelanQ
LindaPRmaven
ajk
Laura M
Jeremy Smith
imontoo
Gutman
DebbieC
Sharkicicles
CPJohnson
markhr
KayW
Cindy Heisler (Cinny)
Darth
Berto
benchen71
Dow Jones
rfj
DIS
LarsCaine
Thanks all for giving this a look-see!
(Most likely unnecessary) nudges coming a bit later.
Re: MEOW # 176 Recitation Implication
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 2:43 pm
by whimsy
A few nudges just in case there's anyone left who would like to get up and recite --
The title indicates that the meta answer needs to be inferred; implied, rather than arrived at by picking precise letters out of the grid. The four long somewhat unusual themers are definitely what you want to be noticing. The meta answer is two words long. The first part of the themers give you the first word of the answer and the second part should help you toward the second half. The noisy "Light My Fire" group in the center of the grid is one further hint.
Re: MEOW # 176 Recitation Implication
Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2024 3:08 pm
by edestlin
Finally got a moment to work on this. Needed the first nudge to pull me out of a rabbit hole. Nice job, whimsy!
Re: MEOW # 176 Recitation Implication
Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2024 4:14 pm
by whimsy
Clearing their throats are --
pchow13 (Phil)
edestlin
Johnny Luau
Thanks for playing!
Re: MEOW # 176 Recitation Implication
Posted: Tue Apr 16, 2024 2:01 pm
by whimsy
Time to clear the decks in preparation for a new kitty adventure tomorrow!
And @KayW is here to do the honors -- Thanks, Kay!
Portions of the first part of the themers gave us things associated with poetry, and the ending of each denoted a robust, noisy action/sound. Likewise, the Doors of the central across entry suggested slamming. The title mirrored the two words of the answer with "Recitation" reinforcing the poetry aspect and "Implication" helping the solver know that the answer would be inferred rather than literally spelled out.
And because so many of us had to confess to never having attended one, Kay wanted to rectify that and so found this for us --
Enjoy! As I hope you did the puzzle too -- Thanks for playing!