MEOW #182 Say Nothing
- DrTom
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MEOW #182 Say Nothing
This should be no more than a Calico for the vast majority of solvers therefore:
Kitten
CALICO
Persian
Puma
Lion
My testers were @ajk , @KayW and @lbray53 who besides making sure this was not a flight of Tom fancy also gave me some valuable feedback on clues and possible pitfalls. They thankfully did not take the advice of the puzzle and all said something. Now I hope all of you will say something like "Cat's Out!"
Nudges Friday if necessary
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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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Cat's free!
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Cat is out of the bag. Thanks to my fading memory I was able to enjoy this just as much the second time around.
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Well, I was certainly making that more off and skewed than it needed to be. Had the second step for a long time but took me a while to finally get the first step.
So I just plain couldn't get my meta based on "Up the Down Staircase" to work.
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
My challenge it to constructors is to make a meta where the meta, theme or metanism is "Up the Down Staircase".
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Cat out and yowling… she never never listens to instructions. She’s a cat.
A pleasure, as always, Dr. Tom!
A pleasure, as always, Dr. Tom!
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Easy breezy meta - thanks, Tom! Cat is out, and keeping his mouth shut.
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Yes I know, sometimes I'll see a puzzle I solved before and say, "how did I solve this earlier, I have NO idea!!"
Thanks for the revisit
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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ABSOLUTELY!!!
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!
- DrTom
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So far it has been a pretty productive day!!!
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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Cat has escaped the bag.
(Unfortunately the dog has got himself a cone of shame…)
(Unfortunately the dog has got himself a cone of shame…)