MEOW # 34: Along Those Lines

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:

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Great meta! And a few TILs which is nice. Tho in my case those often become TIFs (Tomorrow I Forget)
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Kitty is on the loose. The mechanism used in another recent puzzle helped me see this quickly.
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Cat's out.
Something in the grid reminded me of a joke I heard or read in junior high or maybe even earlier but still think is funny. Since it refers to grid entries, I'm putting it behind the spoiler curtain even though it has nothing to do with the solution.
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#24

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Nudge Saturday!

The title should tell you where you need to look.

A good graphical plot to help solve this puzzle is an istogram.

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Cat's out of the bag for me. We're in there middle of moving, so I've been slow to get to some of these this week. Grid took me several sittings but the meta indeed came quickly.
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Cat’s out of the bag after the nudges, and was definitely bored in there.
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sharkicicles wrote: Tue Jul 27, 2021 11:47 am
Bird Lives wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 3:45 pm Cat's out.
Something in the grid reminded me of a joke I heard or read in junior high or maybe even earlier but still think is funny. Since it refers to grid entries, I'm putting it behind the spoiler curtain even though it has nothing to do with the solution.
Edit: Edit: Sometimes I is not smrt.
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Very cool mechanism. I’m pro Kittens
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Well I forgot to post the solution :o

The title to this one had two meanings. For one, it was telling you to look along the rows of each started entry. But more than that, it was saying you needed to apply some analogical reasoning. In fact you needed to complete seven A:B :: C:__ type questions.

Timid : Brave :: For : Against

Neil : Tyson :: Bill : Nye

Kip : Laos :: Lek : Albania

Loot : Hindi :: Ante : Latin

Six : Five :: Two : One

Orr : Bobby :: Verdi : Giuseppe

Pea : Green :: Lemon: Yellow

The first letters of the completed answers spell out the answer,. ANALOGY
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Very cool! Saw some, but not all. Like looking through fogged glass for me.
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madhatter5 wrote: Sat Jul 24, 2021 1:44 pm ....my byline. (By the way has anyone figured it out?)
Yes, I have an answer. :D
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Forgot completely about this one until I went in and looked for the new one. Thankfully I took the time to solve before looking. Loved the puzzle once I stopped trying to draw 225 degree lines between themers....can you say OVERCOMPLICATE....

Clever as usual.
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