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ELSavage wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 7:13 am There you go, kitty!
With a late, but quick solve of the WSJ under my belt, I was able to double back and free the poor feline from all those bugs.
Like others I was bugged by a few distractions and wrong turns, but got it all lined up this morning.

I'm glad you did not go off piste and got back on the blue (well maybe green) slope. Thanks for solving.

T

One more solver:

47 ELSavage

Perhaps people are still trying to find an empty spot on the WSJ beach - good luck, there will be a crowd. Why not just pick a nice secluded spot like the MEOW beach? I mean sure there is a lot of litter in places (mainly old, discarded bags) but there are LOTS of friendly cats!!!

DrTom wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 11:29 pm One more solver:

47 ELSavage

Perhaps people are still trying to find an empty spot on the WSJ beach - good luck, there will be a crowd. Why not just pick a nice secluded spot like the MEOW beach? I mean sure there is a lot of litter in places (mainly old, discarded bags) but there are LOTS of friendly cats!!!

Well, some of us did try it, found some things, then found some other things but not enough. At this point I don't think the nudges will help, because I'm pretty sure I know what step 2 is but I'm just failing at doing it.

Edit: Never mind; I found what I was looking for!

hoover wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 8:56 pm

DrTom wrote: Fri May 02, 2025 11:29 pm One more solver:

47 ELSavage

Perhaps people are still trying to find an empty spot on the WSJ beach - good luck, there will be a crowd. Why not just pick a nice secluded spot like the MEOW beach? I mean sure there is a lot of litter in places (mainly old, discarded bags) but there are LOTS of friendly cats!!!

Well, some of us did try it, found some things, then found some other things but not enough. At this point I don't think the nudges will help, because I'm pretty sure I know what step 2 is but I'm just failing at doing it.

Edit: Never mind; I found what I was looking for!

Thanks for the perseverance!

T

With the newest addition:

48 hoover

Took a bit longer than I thought it might, but I got it! Not bugged at all!

Well we managed to make 50, I always consider that a good response:

49 frostyjhammer
50 MikeyG

Alrighty then, the reveal:
This was almost a direct steal from a Connections and I thought, well that should be easy to do. Turns out it wasn't and finding the alternatives was hard. I particularly liked "An undesirable Swift resident" = YAHOO because if anyone has ever dealt with roaches (or palmetto bugs as they called in the South in an attempt to make them more acceptable) they are both undesirable and swift.

At any rate, I got 50 solvers and a lot of nice comments, so thanks to you all. This weeks will be more challenging but I hope still fun.

In looking this over I realize I never posted nudges! I am sorry for the oversight, I'm going to chalk it up to having two puzzles this week (the SSS) and getting tied up with it. It appears as if none were needed, but they were ready had they been (yeah fat lot of good it did everyone):

As they often do my Titles play double duty!

I can often find errors in my puzzles but can you find bugs?

When the light comes on, so you can see the bugs of course, it gives them a whole new meaning.

That meaning is probably a way to solve the meta.