MEOW #202 Greek To Me

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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Cat is free! I found this one extremely tricky, even with a surfeit of nudges!!
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#22

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Thanks to woozy for letting me know I had the right mechanism, I just thought I had a bunch of garbage as a result.
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#23

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@KayW I'm still wondering the same.
I don't have anything clever to say, but if I did, it would go here.
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#24

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A hexad of additional solvers today:

29. kurtalert
30. benchen71
31. edestlin
32. SJ
33. Johnny Luau
34. sharkicicles
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#25

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Grrrrroooooooaaaaaan! The bagitudinally challenged cat has been struggling, but finally managed his way out of the sack that happens to have a giant opening hole that the cat just didn't see.
I don't have anything clever to say, but if I did, it would go here.
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#26

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Η γάτα είναι έξω από την τσάντα ... Yes, I said it! Lol
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#27

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Darth wrote: Sat Oct 12, 2024 12:36 pm Η γάτα είναι έξω από την τσάντα ... Yes, I said it! Lol
Greek cat.jpg
When it comes to meta, you have the "Mykonos touch" ;)
νιαουμ νιαου
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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#28

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Άλλα τέσσερα...

35. rfj
36. hoover
37. Darth
38. andeux
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#29

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The Reveal

There were 6 Greek related (and with parentheses) entries. The first letters of those answers were SEMENA. If you took the instructions that it was a two word answer and that you would need a translator, plus used the parentheses to show what order the words were you got SE MENA which Google translate would tell you (Greek to English) was TO ME, which of course was exactly what the meta told you it was. Sorry for any problems with understanding the dreaded parentheses!
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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#30

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Continuing my progress through last semester's MEOWs, I failed at this one. I googled SEMENA and got nada. Never figured out the meaning of the numbers. Oh well, onto the next one. :)
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