MEOW #10: Hail, Caesar!
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Doh!! KAS 4. I needed the spoilers but definitely should not have. The mechanism was hiding in plain sight all along.
A fantastic puzzle and meta!
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Well, after the nudges and a hint re refining my (poor) execution, the cat's out of the bag. This was a great meta! (Even tho it laid bare my inability to solve it without the nudges!).
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Did not use spoilers, but finally gave this some time. GREAT puzzle, Joshua!
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PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
PLATELET ๐ฑ๐ผ๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ ENORMOUS ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ:
๐ฐ๐ฌ% ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฎ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ฏ๐ฌ% ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต, ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ถ๐ฐ,
๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ๐ฟ & ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐บ๐ฎ. ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ฆ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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45D! Got it after the first spoiler, but feel too stupid to submit :-P
Excellent meta, and enjoyable cluing! Favorites: 43A, 23D, 61D.
Excellent meta, and enjoyable cluing! Favorites: 43A, 23D, 61D.
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Solution:
The first letters of all words in the theme entries are: DSSTAQTSD.
If you shift these letters over by one using a Caesar cipher, you get ET TU BRUTE?, which is the answer.
The first letters of all words in the theme entries are: DSSTAQTSD.
If you shift these letters over by one using a Caesar cipher, you get ET TU BRUTE?, which is the answer.
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