MEOW #190 Fill In the Blanks

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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DrTom
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MEOW #190 Fill In the Blanks

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This puzzle came to me some time ago and then it languished. I had a tough time filling it and it needed several rounds of corrections, assisted by the expert help of @Al Sisti. But I think I have it in a useable, and solvable, format now.

I would give it a Calico/Persian rating, but finally there is one of mine that the answer is NOT inferred. You will be able to find the meta spelled out.

Kitten
*Calico
*Persian
Puma
Lion

What may be different this week is the keeping of the "scoreboard" and the reveal. I will be going away on the Sunday (21st) so I may not be as responsive on the forum (I am not a "phone" person) and the reveal for this one, and the posting of next week's is going to be handled by @Joe Ross who very kindly offered his hand.

At any rate, I hope you all like this one. We are approaching 200 MEOW's, but I have not done all 200 of them of course so there will be a while before I can claim any big numbers.

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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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The cat is out of the _?_. Thanks, DrTom.
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Debagged the feline! Drew a blank for a bit there tho, but finally filled it. Fun one, Dr T!
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Cat is free!
I'm trying to decide on my favorite clue from this week's puzzle and it's a toss-up among 36D, 50A, and of course 36A.
I don't have anything clever to say, but if I did, it would go here.
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No cat here anymore. Thanks, DrTom.
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Cat has been set free. Thanks for the puzzle, Dr. Tom! And clearly, 36A is the best clue/answer.
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Bag sans cat!

Good one. Thanks, Dr. T!
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Cat's out - very fun, Dr. Tom - I was just about to set it aside when I realized what to do.
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Cat's out! Thanks Dr. Tom!
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A clever and atypically not-many-puns entry from Dr. Tom! (Did appreciate 5D! - ha!). Great challenge!
The other Wendy. :roll:
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It gets complicated the more you overthink
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Cat's free! This puzzle is very clever.
Check out "The MOAT Mini Pack of Marching Bands" here. US$5 gets you 7 Marching Bands which, hard enough on their own, now contain metas too. And once again there's a mega-meta! :D
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Clever indeed. It took me a moment to realize that my first idea was not going to st the cat free. But on second thought. . . .
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Great puzzle Dr. Tom. I saw the way, got lost and then the GREAT aha moment.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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Cat giving me a blank stare - but glad to be out of the bag.
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Cat has shredded the sack. Thanks, Dr. Tom!
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Finally pulled that cat out of the bag!

Thanks, Tom. Very fun!
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :cat: :purse: Cat's out of the bag and wants the blanks in his bowl filled.
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Well crafted meta with a great aha! moment. Thanks!
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Unfilled the bag --
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Puzzle filled me with delight -- Thanks, Tom!
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Early Releasers!

1 Darth
2 benchen71
3 rjy
4 hoover
5 boharr
6 Cindy
7 JM 
8 Meg 
9 LarsCaine 
10 MatthewL 
11 ChrisKochmanski
12 Tim 
13 Hector 
14 kurtalert 
15 Mwoychick 
16 Danny K Bernstein 
17 hcbirker
18 woozy
19 HeadinHome 
20 Jaclyn 
21 Laura M 
22 Sharkicicles 
23 FrankieHeck
24 Mr Tex 
25 Cindy Weatherman 
26 Bird Lives
27 lbray53 
28 Berto 
29 imontoo
30 KayW 
31 whimsy
32 DIS 

Pretty darn good for the first day and a lot of positive comments; still I guess I am going to have to punp up the volume if people think I am slipping.... :lol:
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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