MEOWS #83 and #84

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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You can download the PUZ files and run them through https://njyoon.github.io/pdf. You may have to ask someone for the meta prompt though.
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PDFs will come soon

Also erratum: In "religious support" I confused JJ Thomson with JJ Abrams. Didn't think there could be multiple people named JJ for some reason :)
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madhatter5 wrote: Wed Jun 29, 2022 11:19 pm PDFs will come soon

Also erratum: In "religious support" I confused JJ Thomson with JJ Abrams. Didn't think there could be multiple people named JJ for some reason :)
I had been wondering about that!
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PDFs added
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#25

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For anyone doing the cryptic please amend the clue for 26A to say "It provides quiet time to baby, mostly"
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One cat's out, the other has just one paw still caught in the bag. Hopefully I can free him before he... well... hopefully I can free him soon
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Two for two submitted (one confirmed, the other is a 100% clicked.) TFTP!
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#28

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Solved both puzzles yesterday. These were really good puzzles - enough of a challenge to make me think hard and appreciate the aha moment, but not so hard that I stopped looking for the meta because it was too frustrating.
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#29

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Double dipping with yesterday's wordle picture --

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The Calico and the Kitty

Oh, BTW, they are "unconfirmed" in their faith, but, as cats are, pretty sure of themselves.
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Calico and kitten have been freed. Fun puzzles 😸😺
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Both cats out of the bag (awaiting confirmation). Pleasant metas with a glow from the AHAs. The grids were far more difficult, especially the one to Religious Support (which also had some muggle humor - nice touch there).
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Bringing up the rear, with just an hour to spare before the next MEOW, got cat #2 debagged!
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#33

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Solutions: (I will release the cryptic solution at some point when I have a chance, sorry for the delay)

Religious Support: ISLAM (The five "Pillars" of Islam are hidden in the themers)

The Eagle Has Landed: SCOTCH FOURSOMES (Eagle = 2 under par in golf)

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Great cryptic!
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