MEOW #194 I'm Game (Both formats)

[Dave C]

Cat's out of the bag with the explicit one.

[DrTom]

Well apparently a lot of you are game!

There has been good activity on both versions of the puzzle, and surprisingly about the same number for each:

EXPLICIT
1 woozy 
2 Tom Wilson 
3 BarbaraK 
4 JM 
5 Cindy Heisler 
6 boharr 
7 HeadinHome 
8 Mr Tex 
9 Danny K Bernstein 
10 rjy 
11 Tim 
12 Pair O Ducks 
13 imontoo 
14 kurtalert 
15 I K Snamhcok 
16 Darth  
17 KayW 
18 Carolyn
19 heidi
20 hoover 
21 MatthewL  
22 iceman 
23 ajk
24 Berto
25 andeux 
26 Dave C 
27 whimsy 

IMPLICIT
1 markhr 
2 Darth 
3 Meg 
4 LarsCaine 
5 Pair O Ducks 
6 Mr Tex 
7 Tim 
8 rjy 
9 kurtalert
10 Bird Lives 
11 Hector
12 Cindy Weatherman 
13 boharr 
14 Carolyn 
15 LB800 
16 hoover 
17 rvkal 
18 Jeremy Smith 
19 MatthewL 
20 Tyrpmom 
21 Berto 
22 Jaclyn 
23 whimsy 

Just to save the counting, that is a total of 37 individual solvers (i.e. ones who have solved one or the other or both). I apologize for the couple of missteps but I think I have everything as it should be now. Nudges will be Friday but of course you can PM me anytime if you'd rather not wait.

[DrTom]

The implicit cat is out of the implicit bag.

That is a pretty explicit answer....

[DrTom]

The implication is that the dog is out of the box.

So, he is not a Boxer then....

[DrTom]

Cat is out, on a total wild guess based on one clue in the puzzle (and not the one you think). Haven't figured out the mechanism yet, but a loose cat is a loose cat. Thanks for the puzzles, Tom!

THere is more than one way to loose a cat!

[ELSavage]

With all these dogs around, the cat wasn't sure it wanted to come out of the bag until I implicitly guaranteed its safety.
But it's out now, and like many others, I'm off to see if I can make that offer explicit.

Update: cat is now out of the bag implicitly and explicitly. I can see why it was hard to choose between the versions.

[StunGun]

My wife thinks OUR dog is the most famous. At least to us...

Nice explicit--->implicit journey.

Hey! A thought:
If you solved only the implicit, or the explicit, but not the other, would it be a "Schrodinger Dog"?

[DrTom]

My wife thinks OUR dog is the most famous. At least to us...

Nice explicit--->implicit journey.

Hey! A thought:
If you solved only the implicit, or the explicit, but not the other, would it be a "Schrodinger Dog"?

Interesting question, actually I think this is Schrödinger's dog:

[DrTom]

Couple of more solvers to bring the grand total to 43.

EXPLICIT
28 frostyjhammer
29 DIS 
30 omnilynx 
31 Adam 
32 Sharkicicles
33 ELSavage
34 StunGun

IMPLICIT
24 frostyjhammer
25 ELSavage
26 Sharkicicles
27 StunGun

Nudges tomorrow

[DrTom]

NUDGES:

IMPLICIT

I know people often "link" clues, but I don't do it that often - yet I did it three times at least in this puzzle, how odd

Have you ever been to summer camp, vacation bible school or just have kids? Is there a song that is quite popular and involves a lot of clapping?

19A and 21D are both Easter eggs. Perhaps 19A more universally so, but with 21D there was always something in the areas I lived that got people into the church hall more often than mass!

EXPLICIT

I know people often "link" clues, but I don't do that often - yet I did it twice in this puzzle, how odd

Is there a word that shows up in so many clues that it looks like it is a marker of some sort?

Is there a "nudge" clue that tells you exactly what that word is? How about an Easter Egg clue that mentions a game?

Have you ever been to summer camp, vacation bible school or just have kids? Is there a song that is quite popular and involves a lot of clapping?

[CPJohnson]

Solved, but I had help.

[Cap'n Rick]

Good one(s), @DrTom! I enjoyed solving both ways.

[ajk]

Definitely would have needed the nudges on the implicit version, so thanks for making the explicit one.

[DrTom]

Definitely would have needed the nudges on the implicit version, so thanks for making the explicit one.

Hmmm, the implication is that I need to avoid implicit answers. That seems to be spelled out

[DrTom]

Up to 49 solvers (combined). Lots of folks have tried both puzzles.

EXPLICIT
35 CPJohnson
36 DCBilly

IMPLICIT
28 omnilynx
29 DCBilly 
30 Capn Rick 
31 ajk 
32 Laura M 

[DrTom]

Saturday night and all is well! A few more have played the "Game"

EXPLICIT
37 SJMcK 
38 Darrell

IMPLICIT
33 LindaPRMaven
34 Mikey G 
35 SJMcK 
36 JakeDaSnake

That bring the grand total to 54! Careful now or I'm going to get a big head, we are getting near Cap'n Rick numbers...oh, and a shameless plug, be sure to try the SSS on Sunday. I understand the Captain leased out the space to a mad scientist!

[DrTom]

REVEAL:

[DrTom]

I am remiss in that I did not mention solver 39 rfj for the Explicit and 36 JakeDaSnake for the Implicit bringing the grand total to a lofty 56.

I believe tomorrows might be easier, we will see.

[lbray53]

My apologies for solving so late. Vacation.