MEOW #44: No Loose Ends

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 #44: No Loose Ends

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Hi all and welcome to the forty-fourth installment of the MEOW!


The answer to this one is a mystery.



Lynx:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

http://crossword.info/madhatter5/No_Loose_Ends

Excel - No_Loose_Ends


Kitten

Calico

Persian

Puma

Lion



Best of luck!
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Submitted! The cat is free!!
Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta! :shock:
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Solved and submitted.
Edit: Confirmed
Last edited by RPardoe on Wed Sep 29, 2021 10:36 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Submitted and confirmed. 🐱
Cindy Heisler
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Here's my quick status of woe:

MEOW: Zip
MOAT: Zip
Pandora's Blocks: Zip
Fill Me In: Zip
Pun of a Kind: Zip

I think maybe it's time to step back and do some of the old TV Guide puzzles: 12A "The Dinah Shore Sho__"
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Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:58 pm Here's my quick status of woe:

MEOW: Zip
MOAT: Zip
Pandora's Blocks: Zip
Fill Me In: Zip
Pun of a Kind: Zip

I think maybe it's time to step back and do some of the old TV Guide puzzles: 12A "The Dinah Shore Sho__"
But odds are you will solve tomorrow's WSJ in under 10 minutes. So all is not lost.
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The cat is free, or is he? Find out in the exciting conclusion.
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Al Sisti wrote: ↑Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:58 pm Here's my quick status of woe:

MEOW: Zip
MOAT: Zip
Pandora's Blocks: Zip
Fill Me In: Zip
Pun of a Kind: Zip

I think maybe it's time to step back and do some of the old TV Guide puzzles: 12A "The Dinah Shore Sho__"
Right there with you...
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Detectives always need tips and my now free cat made use of hers.
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TTFN, cat!

Which Jim Carrey character said, “I like it … a lot!”? Lloyd Christmas? Ace V.? It doesn’t matter. But that was my reaction to this puzzle. Good one, Josh!
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The loth-cat has chewed its way out of the bag! Awesome puzzle, Josh!
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Good grief... you folks must be seeing something..... That is very strange.

64D is showing your age.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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This is how you meta. Two thumbs up!
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Cat’s out. Very nice meta
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Will nudges/spoilers be forthcoming? My cat is still quite firmly stuck in its bag. ☹️
- Just puzzling it out here in Delmarva :D
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Nudge Saturday!

A certain prominent grid entry has a different meaning if you parse it differently.

This alternate parsing gets at the same thing the title is trying to tell you

Imam cyber ethic asia ash fused off bulk
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madhatter5 wrote: ↑Sat Oct 02, 2021 3:49 am
Imam cyber ethic asia ash fused off bulk
Ha Ha! Miffed back if a B.S. Mysterious Clue.
Funny story. I was all set to enter Par for the course for the CrossHare midi contest for April but I mistakenly thought midi meant 7x 7 and not 11 x 11. Oops. Well.... Here's a complex but **small** meta on the subject of golf.
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The kitten has rolled out of the Dorito bag.
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Doh! I had the wrong idea from the start. Solved with all nudges (not submitting) (lol at the last nudge). Very cool!
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