MEOW #47: Parallel Universe

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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#21

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Well that just goes to show you - we thought sure this was going to be a real hair puller and you guys are knocking it out of the universe!

Here is the leader board to date:

1 benchen71 10/20/2021 2:14 AM
2 oldjudge 10/20/2021 2:55 AM
3 Laura 10/20/2021 6:20 AM
4 Dave C 10/20/2021 9:32 AM
5 Woozy 10/20/2021 9:37 AM
6 Meg 10/20/2021 9:39 AM
7 lbray53 10/20/2021 10:25 AM
8 Schmeel 10/20/2021 10:27 AM
9 Al Sisti 10/20/2021 10:49 AM
10 ChrisKochmanski 10/20/2021 11:26 AM
11 Rpardoe 10/20/2021 11:55 AM
12 Hoover 10/20/2021 12:55 PM
13 rjy 10/20/2021 1:08 PM
14 boharr 10/20/2021 1:11 PM
15 sharkicicles 10/20/2021 1:31 PM
16 Laura M 10/20/2021 1:51 PM
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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#22

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^^ Plus some others sent only to me. If I overcome my laziness I will add the names later
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#23

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I knew what to do, I just had to have a friend with two hands do it for me.
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#24

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Solved, thank you for the puzzle!
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#25

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The cat is out of the bag / Schrödinger's cat is on a space walk

(Go ahead... you can Google it. :D )
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#26

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The cat has vanished from the bag (maybe the cat is in a parallel universe)
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#27

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Cat is far, far out of the bag - and what a FAR OUT meta. Thanks guys!
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#28

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Out of the bag & working on 'through the looking glass.'


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#29

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Submitted.

Very cool. Thanks for the puzzle!
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#30

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🐈 is 🆓
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#31

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Wow, almost a dozen more solvers since the last update - we have some real space explorers!

1 benchen71
2 oldjudge
3 Laura
4 Dave C
5 Woozy
6 Meg
7 lbray53
8 Schmeel
9 Al Sisti
10 ChrisKochmanski
11 Rpardoe
12 Hoover
13 rjy
14 boharr
15 sharkicicles
16 Laura M
17 Cindy
18 MarkWoychick
19 Carolyn
20 Darth
21 BrennerTJ
22 Dow Jones
23 Beth Tyrpin
24 BirdLives
25 KayW
26 Joe Ross
27 Dplass
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#32

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Some impressive gibberish there! I await the interesting backstory...
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#33

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Abide wrote: Wed Oct 20, 2021 11:33 pm Some impressive gibberish there! I await the interesting backstory...
If you see gibberish then I don't think you're doing it right. :-D
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#34

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For some reason I thought of Gabby Johnson and 'authentic frontier gibberish'.


Fun fact: Gabby Johnson was the deputy sheriff in the helicopter in the original Rambo movie.

Fun puzzle and count me in the solved column. However, I am uncertain as to the condition of Schroedinger's feline.
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Tom Shea wrote: Thu Oct 21, 2021 9:21 am For some reason I thought of Gabby Johnson and 'authentic frontier gibberish'.


Fun fact: Gabby Johnson was the deputy sheriff in the helicopter in the original Rambo movie.

Fun puzzle and count me in the solved column. However, I am uncertain as to the condition of Schroedinger's feline.
I understand he bought one of those baseball caps that I posted and now has a new gig working for some Doctor named Spruce, or something like that.
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#36

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I was late getting to this, but quite a unique puzzle. Very enjoyable solve.

Can has escaped the bag! 🐱
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#37

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Fun puzzle, though the grid seemed to take twice as long as usual to fill out.

cat is out of the bag, thanks for the puzzle guys, you're becoming quite the duo!
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#38

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Cat is out of the bag but why are my eyes hurting? I don’t think it’s allergies. :lol: :lol:
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#39

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Great one guys!
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#40

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Loved it! Cat out of the bag!
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