MEOW #101: Tricky Treaty

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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Black cat is on the prowl.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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#22

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They have turquoise starbursts now? Huh what?
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#23

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MikeM000 wrote: Wed Oct 26, 2022 4:30 pm They have turquoise starbursts now? Huh what?
Artistic license and invention. :D
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#24

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I appreciate this puzzle more in retrospect.

I noticed some things that were strange but not enough to mean anything. The parts finally settled into place.

I loved how the more subtle pieces fit in.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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#25

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Fun one Claudia! Took a few tries to get the correct mechanism.
Heidi
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#26

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What a sweet treat for the mid week! Thanks so much for the fun puzzle. 🐱 has been debagged
Team DoubleTow=Ali (who posts here) & Alex
with occasional assistance from son
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#27

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It took some time for the cat to get free, but this was a very enjoyable grid and meta. Good job, whimsy !!
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#28

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Tricky Solvers!

Cap’n Rick (TS)
woozy (TS)
DrTom (TS)
Tom Wilson
benchen71
hoover
SeamusOL
Cinny
Cindy Weatherman
Schmeel
Dave C
Darth
edestlin
ky-mike
dplass
MarkWoychick
ChrisKochmanski
DebbieC
boharr
rjy
Katiedid
Hector
Carolyn
DIS
Qmark
Bird Lives
Gutman
BrennerTJ
Meg
Al Sisti
KayW
Laura M
Johnny Luau
Wendy Walker
Ergcat
Lbray53
MikeM00??
hcbirker
Tyrpmom
SJMcK
TeamDoubleTow
Magistra
BarbaraK
Dow Jones

Thanks all for joining in!
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#29

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A couple more cats out looking for some treats --

Darrell
CPJohnson
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#30

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I don't have any treats yet because I'm still being tricked! Come on, kitty, get out of that bag! (Unless that's your costume.)
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 134. Think Twice
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#31

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No Mikeys (or others) left behind!

There are nine important Across entries -- they are fairly symmetrically placed in the grid -- until we reach the bottom third of the grid when that doesn't hold up completely.

And the answer happens to be nine letters in length.

The relevant entries do not include the four longest ones.

There's a certain duality about the important entries.
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#32

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The cat is out of the bag, but quite a few scratches in the process.
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#33

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A few more feline bouncers --

JM
Rufus T Firefly
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#34

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My second guess is correct, but I don't yet get why. :lol:

OH! Just got it. Brilliant - absolutely fantastic!!
Less cross words, more crosswords.

Solve my latest "Pun of a Kind" Meta!: 134. Think Twice
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#35

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Add

MikeyG

to the list.
Ginger's out of the bag!
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#36

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Here's the Halloween costume in question.

Nine words in the grid actually contained two words, and both were hinted at in the clues for the entries. Taking the letter that the two words do not have in common leaves us with --

UntitledTrickyTreaty reveal.png
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