MEOW #10: Hail, Caesar!

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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The cat's out of the bag but only after the nudges.
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#22

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:cat2: :handbag:

Doh!! KAS 4. I needed the spoilers but definitely should not have. The mechanism was hiding in plain sight all along.

A fantastic puzzle and meta!
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#23

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Well, after the nudges and a hint re refining my (poor) execution, the cat's out of the bag. This was a great meta! (Even tho it laid bare my inability to solve it without the nudges!).
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I also needed the nudges to get the cat out of the bag.
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#25

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Fun, fun!
Used the spoilers, thanks!
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#26

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Did not use spoilers, but finally gave this some time. GREAT puzzle, Joshua!

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#27

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45D! Got it after the first spoiler, but feel too stupid to submit :-P

Excellent meta, and enjoyable cluing! Favorites: 43A, 23D, 61D.
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#28

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Solution:

The first letters of all words in the theme entries are: DSSTAQTSD.

If you shift these letters over by one using a Caesar cipher, you get ET TU BRUTE?, which is the answer.
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