MEOW #142: Where's That Cat?

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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Where’s that cat? Well she is definitely not on the EKTORP sofa. A classic Wendy Walker, this one!
The other Wendy. :roll:
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THERE's that cat! Free from the bag.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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Cat found and released from the bag!
No way I could have guessed it!
Thanks @Wendy Walker
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#24

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Cat is out of the bag - and run off, so I'm not sure where's that cat now...
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#25

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I am off the couch as confirmed by @Wendy Walker

However my work flow, as demanded by Ms. Walker, is much better than what she intended. Much more scientific. I will release it after the MEOW closes but if you can't wait, PM Wendy or myself and we will enlighten you. :lol:
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#26

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Ah! Got it.

I guess sometimes you have to realize that there is something there *somewhere* even when you swear there can't possibly be.

And what a nifty name for a cat!
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#27

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That was fun, Wendy. Thank you for keeping us prepared for tomorrow's test.
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What an amazing turnout so far! Here are the first-day solvers. Thank you all for solving and for your very kind comments!

DrTom [TS]
Abide
ajk
Alex Sisti
BarbaraK
BenChen71
Berto
Bob Cruise Director
Boharr
BrennerTJ
Chris Kochmanski
Cindy Heisler
Cindy Weatherman
CPJohnson
Darth
DIS
Dow Jones
DrButtBeard
Gutman
HeadinHome
Hector
heidi
hoover
I K Snamhcok
imontoo
JM
Laura M
lbray53
LindaPRMaven
MaineMarge
Mark Woychick
markhr
MatthewL
Meg
merlinnimue
Pair O Ducks
Philip Chow
ReB
RJY
Schmeel
SeamusOL
Sharkicicles
sledge
Tim
Tom Wilson
Tyrpmom
Whimsy
woozy
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :cat:
[REDACTED] is formally out of the bag.
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Fun one, Wendy! Thanks!
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Where's that cat?

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There's that cat!
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Wendy Walker
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Adding to the list of solvers:

andeux
bhamren
Chelseakcm
Jaclyn
Katiedid
KayW
michaelm
Mikey G
Rufus T Firefly

Thank you all for solving!
Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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#32

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One final solver: DC Billy = 58 total solvers!

The meta answer to "Where's That Cat?" is PATINA. That was the name she had when she came to live here and the name that's on her microchip registry, but she answers to TINA. Or, rather, she doesn't: she's a cat.

Solvers had to notice that six clues included words starting with CAT: CATCHPHRASE yielded a P for PICARD, CATERPILLAR an A for Alice, CATALPA a T for TREE, CATALOG an I for IKEA, CATE an N for NOTES, and CATCHY an A for ADDAMS.

Thanks to all for solving!
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Good luck, fellow Muggles!
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