MEOW #162 White As Snow

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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Cat's out and enjoyed the sleigh ride, thanks Dr. Tom!
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Cat's gone after a couple of near stumbles. Fun one! Thanks, DrT!
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SamKat9 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:25 am Cat's out and enjoyed the sleigh ride, thanks Dr. Tom!
Oh my, you sleighed the cat!
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sharkicicles wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:16 am
DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:29 pm
BarbaraK wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:58 pm

You don’t need a lot of online searching, you just need to remember that this is DrTom :)
EXACTLY! I try to make puzzles that even I could solve! I seldom get really obtuse and if I do I let you know from the start that it will be hard.
I haven't got this one yet, but I know DrTom is always fair, and if it's a hardon e he'll let you know.
Hmmmm :lol:
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Dr. Tom you are showing commendable restraint in your reaction above. ( :

BTW, I’m still trying to see what everyone is seeing in this meta…
The other Wendy. :roll:
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The cat is out. Purrfect! Thanks, DrTom.
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Yeah, I think I see what I'm supposed to see but I'm a little to fclustered to really take the borther to see it. Whether I'm being too impatient or whether it's vaguely ambiguous remains to be seen but I suspect I'm being too impatient. Not getting it yet...

Um going to consider the WSJ this week the first real meta of the year... Of course if I whiff that... well, I suppose it's always been possible there'd be a year where I never solve a meta ever....
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HeadinHome wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:24 pm Dr. Tom you are showing commendable restraint in your reaction above. ( :

BTW, I’m still trying to see what everyone is seeing in this meta…
Must resist temptation, taking all energy...Danger Danger Will Robinson. central processor shutting down due to overload!
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A half dozen more for Day 2:

26 Jeremy Smith
27 SamKat9
28 Quiara
29 Philip Chow
30 Darth
31 LB800

and now, without further adieu...
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Nudges:

Think of symmetry and synonyms

If the title is not helpful, change it around a little

Remember that I like to use wordplay...even in my meta prompts

Although the answer is a band, it is not a band
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Fun one, @DrTom! The cat is currently out of his bag, but he's preparing to get right back in there before the nor'easter hits tomorrow.
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Cap'n Rick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:40 am Fun one, @DrTom! The cat is currently out of his bag, but he's preparing to get right back in there before the nor'easter hits tomorrow.
Better catten down the hatches!

T
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :cat: Nudged out of the bag, and you could probably hear my head slap half-way across the country. Loved it - thanks, Tom!
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The nudges helped! Seven more people joined the ranks of solver:

32 Berto
33 Cap'n Rick
34 Dave C
35 Danny K Bernstein
36 Carolyn
37 woozy
38 Kay W

Possibly everyone now is working on the WSJ and MG (I know I am) and if you are having the difficulty I am then I doubt I'll see you on the MEOW, but I do thank those who has tried so far.

T
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Better late than never?? I have FINALLY figured this one out, thanks to a little more explicit instruction from Dr. Tom. A little red-faced over here, that I needed that much hand holding. (Though to be fair to me, I was not at all familiar with the band!)
The other Wendy. :roll:
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Getting to it late, and needed the second nudge, but got there. Fun stuff, thanks.
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OK, in the midst of a Week 1(??????) MG and a difficult WSJ (neither of which I am getting) I still got two more solvers:

39 HeadinHome
40 ajk

Thank you for taking the time to solve!!!
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Two more solvers join the list:

41 Pair O Ducks
42 Ergcat
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OK, another two:

43 JM
44 AxelPlays

I am delighted to have 2 more people solve every day, but remember tomorrow AM I post the reveal, so that kind of spoils it for future solvers!! So if oyu are looking to solve, be a night-owl because tonight is the night.
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The Reveal:

A total of 44 of you trudged through the snow to find the answer:
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I got a lot of different answers and some people may have had the answer and just stopped trying because I did not have their particular answer as a possibility, for that I am sorry. It is hard to anticipate what people are going to enter and include them all.

I think I also have to apologize for my verbal chicanery, Rock Group was meant to be funny, and I'll admit a little cryptic, using the fact that these magnificent seven worked in the mines. Hmmm, magnificent 7, I'll have to remember that!!!

Thanks to all who solved!! :D
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