MEOW #31: Yin and Yang
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Submitted, pretty sure it's right. Nice meta, very Gaffney-esque (despite the "rule-breaking" grid.)
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Cat out of bag with aid of a slight nudge to help me unscramble some alphabet soup.
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The Siamese is out of the bag. Solved and submitted. Not yet confirmed but I am at peace with my answer.
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Finally!! Fantastic puzzle
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I was lacking a meta challenge today, so tried this one. What a strange grid, strange solve, but my cat is out of the bag.
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My yin has yet to be yanged. Awaiting Saturday nudges...
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I had all the things to get this done and had them written down in a way that I should have been able to finish, but couldn’t see it. Came back to it this evening and there is was just as the other comments said. Very entertaining. Thanks Joshua.
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That was an unusual construction that broke all the “rules” .. loved It!
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The feline is free. I didn't look at the nudges. Honest. I did the grid on Wednesday, then ignored it till today. Because I do the puzle in .puz form, I can't easily see the ends of clues, so I didn't notice the stars. That raises the level to Puma at least. Even so, I got halfway there. When I finally did catch on that some clues were starred, the rest fell into place.
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I thought this was a brilliant idea and design.
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I had the same thing happen.Beth Tyrpin wrote: ↑Fri Jul 02, 2021 8:37 pm I had all the things to get this done and had them written down in a way that I should have been able to finish, but couldn’t see it.
Came back to it ... and there is was
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Just started this afternoon. Cat's out of the bag now. I did glance at the nudges, though I'd already figured those out. It was when I found another "hint" that the final piece fell into place. Nice meta construction!
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Solution:
45A was a cryptic way of saying that Yin, the symbol of agreement, contains synonyms of words found outside the symbol - while Yang, the symbol of disagreement, contains antonyms:
To arrive at the final answer you need to take the first letters of these words and intertwine Yin and Yang (starting with Yin) to get HARMONIOUS
45A was a cryptic way of saying that Yin, the symbol of agreement, contains synonyms of words found outside the symbol - while Yang, the symbol of disagreement, contains antonyms:
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YIN YANG
SOS -> HELP CUT -> ATTACH
IRE -> RAGE EGO -> MODESTY
AGED -> OLD SOUTH -> NORTH
PIC -> IMAGE SHUT -> OPEN
OFT -> USUALLY BIG -> SMALL
https://pandorasblocks.org/crosswords-for-cancer
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Just got that about an hour ago. Had all the words for a while, but kept trying to spell words vertically. Needed a meta whisperer to set me "straight". Good one Josh!