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.
This rather describes my meta experiences; it is all or nothing. I can either see them almost within the first hour or so of completing the grid, or struggle with them until I have to yell "Uncle". Hopefully this one will be a quick trip and I'll get a LOT more Alls than Nothings. If forced to rate it I would give it a 2-3 only because it is one where you infer, as opposed to spell out, the answer.
Kitten
CALICO
PERSIAN
Puma
Lion
I thank my testers, @eisense and @HeadinHome. It has been so long they probably have forgotten about it - good two more possible solvers!!
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges IF ASKED; metas should be about fun, not frustration. PM me what you have done so far, because often you are closer than you think, and I will try to help you move along.
Last edited by benchen71 on Wed Jul 10, 2024 6:24 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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ImOnToo wrote: Wed Jul 10, 2024 10:38 am
Cat’s out of the bag.
A most amusing aha! Thanks, Tom.
So glad you enjoyed it! It always puts a smile on my face.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges IF ASKED; metas should be about fun, not frustration. PM me what you have done so far, because often you are closer than you think, and I will try to help you move along.
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By the way - I once got the question, "Why is this still MEOW, Madhatter has retired". Well this is a picture of a typical AM in our house! There are two more who were eating across the room (anti-social) so I certainly qualify to run a MEOW (besides Cat House Metas bring to mind a very different style and cluing...).
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges IF ASKED; metas should be about fun, not frustration. PM me what you have done so far, because often you are closer than you think, and I will try to help you move along.
1 FrankieHeck
2 edestlin
3 Tim
4 benchen71
5 Cindy Weatherman
6 Meg
7 MatthewL
8 imontoo
9 ajk
10 Hector
11 Darth
12 boharr
13 hoover
14 HeadinHome
15 andeux
16 markhr
17 Mwoychick
18 Laura M
19 Sendhil Revuluri
20 KayW
21 ChrisKochmanski
22 Gutman
23 Tom Wilson
24 Abide
Surprisingly there have been a lot of incorrect submissions - told you these inferred ones tend to play harder than you assume they will. If the trend continues I may have to do an early nudge.
NUDGES!I am always willing to give nudges IF ASKED; metas should be about fun, not frustration. PM me what you have done so far, because often you are closer than you think, and I will try to help you move along.
The cat is out. Fun one, thanks!
