MEOW #51: Anger Management

[DrTom]

Hmmm - either everyone s stumped (unlikely), burned out from a couple of weeks of WSJ monsters (possible), or we've managed to put out a "clunker" (please don't let that be the case!).

On the odd chance that it is the first here is an early nudge:
When making Metas and looking for themes I never know which is better, Borrow or rob

[boharr]

It's no clunker IMHO.

[rjy]

Phew, got it! Agree it's no clunker by any stretch, just needed a fresh set of eyes this morning to see what I was missing. Solid AHA!

[Dplass]

I released the feline. Thanks for the puzzle!

[CPJohnson]

I'm still struggling. Hoping for more nudges tomorrow.

[lbray53]

I'm still struggling. Hoping for more nudges tomorrow.

Me too!

[oldjudge]

Solved a few days ago but I forgot to post--good job Tom and Josh!

[madhatter5]

Nudge Saturday!

Maybe all you need is a little reflection

My friends and I are ecclesiophobiacs. We panic in a pew.

Said the Muggle who opened the abandoned bag: "Was it a cat I saw?"

[benchen71]

Got it with the nudges. I really should have got this earlier. I had seen what I needed to see, but (once again) that had not caused me to look closer.

[DrTom]

Josh beat me to it, but I'll be generous because I know folks are agonizing over the WSJ and MGWCC (at least I am)

I guess I listen to to many folks who said - "when making nudges try to be a pal in deed"

You don't always have to go to the ends of the world to find what you need. sometimes just the end of the words

Only 1 of the clued "Letter" answers is important, and that is clued so that you should notice

[DrTom]

New to the solvers board:

Dplass
rjy
oldjudge
benchen71

[HeadinHome]

Yup - needed that last nudge because that was the one tripping me up. (What the &$?! do I do with that?? )

Clever !! Cat finally free to nap now, in front of the football games.

[MamaE]

Whew, needed those nudges this week, but cat finally extricated from that stupid bag!

[KayW]

I needed remedial nudges this week but cat is finally out of the bag.

[DrTom]

Well it looks like it will be a light solver, or at least a light submitter, week for the MEOW. Here is our board:

Schmeel
Darth
Boharr
Meg
Carolyn
Woozy
Bird Lives
Cindy
ChrisKocmanski
Dplass
rjy
oldjudge
benchen71
lbray
HeadInHome
MamaE
BarbaraK
KayW

But hey, don't despair, there is still time to reject that darn near impossible MG and apply all your solving skills to the MEOW, what better way to manage your anger?

[hoover]

The cats finally drooled enough to make the bag soggy enough to tear open.

[DrTom]

Two final solvers to add to the board:
hoover
MaineMarge

Ah, anger abated as people finally find the cat to release. perhaps it is a TACO CAT?

[DrTom]

OK cat chasers here is the Anger Management reveal:

There were a total of 20 "Glad" solvers and probably a few who are indeed "mad" at us for the ugly scowling GRID and the "red herrings". Trust us, SILENTU and HTILE were not part of the solve and we tried to indicate that only the T was important by the way we clued it. I also have to apologize to everyone (but mostly Meg ) for the return engagement of PSS. I fell into the same trap as others have, looking for clues and the clue database giving up "Post Post Script" as an acceptable clue. I have since researched it at numerous sites and found that, as one might imagine, our Meg is right. PSS for PPS is just out in gauche field. If we were smart we would have somehow included it to clue the missing T with something like "Hey we are trying to get your attention but something is missing!" Of course PSST might have been too cryptic.

Hope you enjoyed it

PS to those who solved our thanks

PSS ( ) for those who didn't, we will try to do better next time!

[DrTom]

I HAVE to post a message I got from one of the crowd. A muggle, hoover, sent me a message that said the puzzle would have been solved earlier but he was too used to using DAMN IT and did not see the palindrome.

As legitimate as that is, it gave me the chance to post that this may be the first META to ever have its solution hindered by the hoover damn....

[Darth]

I sent this fun item to the puzzle creators, but now that the cat is out of the bag, I can share it openly:

The only known bilingual palindrome: Anger? ‘Tis safe never. Bar it! Use love.

Spell that backward and you get: Evoles ut ira breve nefas sit; regna!

which appropriate to the theme is Latin for: "Rise up, in order that your anger may be but a brief madness; control it!"