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Cat's out!

Fun one, @DrTom!

Also, tabs over spaces and vi over emacs.

Cats out of the bag - I'm always relieved when I can "re-solve" a puzzle I solved more than a week ago.
Thanks for the fun!


This meta takes the gold!

Fun the second time. LOVE solve metas I have test solved. It is great to see the changes and I love how the entries sometimes but not always pop into my head.

Cat escaped easily. Enjoyable and educational too!

Cat's out of the bag. Fun puzzle -- a timely reminder with some quite a few fine clues.

KayW wrote: Wed Aug 21, 2024 5:31 pm Cats out of the bag - I'm always relieved when I can "re-solve" a puzzle I solved more than a week ago.
Thanks for the fun!

Well, if you remember, you caught the "fatal flaw" in this one. Would have been a nightmare without that observation!

Great showing for day 1:

1 benchen71
2 boharr
3 schmidzy
4 rjy
5 cinny
6 ajk
7 Darth
8 kymike 
9 Cindy
10 Hector 
11 JM 
12 woozy
13 LarsCaine
14 hoover 
15 Meg
16 Carolyn 
17 Dave C 
18 I K Snamhcok 
19 Berto 
20 omnilynx 
21 Bird Lives 
22 markhr 
23 Qmark 
24 Tim 
25 Capn Rick 
26 kurtalert 
27 heidi 
28 KayW 
29 lbray53 
30 Tyrpmom 
31 DebbieC 
32 HeadinHome

Plus, so far no "by the way did you know you misspelled such-and-such", or "I think clue X is incorrect" - I've had a bad run of late and I'm glad I can get one out there that is relatively smooth.

I knew this felt familiar……..since I was a test solver. At least I’m consistent. I went down the same tunnels trying to find that cat. Outta the bag!

Phew, needed a little time away to see what I needed and help the cat stumble its way out of the bag.

Couldn't get to this until today, but cat is loose. Thanks for the puzzle, Tom!

MatthewL wrote: Thu Aug 22, 2024 4:41 pm Couldn't get to this until today, but cat is loose. Thanks for the puzzle, Tom!

Glad you enjoyed it.

T

Solver Update:

32 andeux
33 DCBilly 
34 edestlin 
35 Laura M
36 Cindy
37 MatthewL


I HATE it when I get so wrapped up in other things and puzzles that I forget somehting, and this week I forgot ...

NUDGES:

Despite my efforts to hide it, the title of the puzzle SCREAMS sports

I know when puzzles scream sports some puzzlers just scream, but this is pretty easy for a sports puzzle because team names are hard to disguise

There are 6 team names badly disguised as other things...prospective Californians indeed!

Once you have the 6 teams, you have already been told what I want.

Perhaps this will stimulate some last minute solvers because this puzzle started well and then fizzled out about 35+ solvers in.

Out of the frying pan and into the fire --
I want my quarter back -- I never got my Kit Kat!

Two more solvers beat the buzzer:

38 whimsy
39 atsiricajr111191

I always hope for more of course but I do appreciate all those who did solve. Now for those of you who passed on the quarterback, here is the reveal:
You get a MEOAT tomorrow since Ben has kindly offered to give us a puzzle. I haven't seen it yet but you KNOW it will be fun.

I had a "surely he can't expect me to want to look up the teams' quarterbacks". Well, better try. Somehow I thought teams would have multiple quarterbacks (and the site where I got the Rams did list about 5). Looked them up and it worked.

Dr., you would have had an even 40 had I remembered to submit. :/

sharkicicles wrote: Wed Aug 28, 2024 2:04 pm Dr., you would have had an even 40 had I remembered to submit. :/

It's the thought that counts, well not actually "counts" but it means somehting to me that you solved.

T