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Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 11:26 am
by KayW
I needed a LOT of help, but the cat is finally out. OMG this meta is BRILLIANT!!
Kudos
@madhatter5 and
@Abide 
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 1:56 pm
by cbarbee002
Ditto. Hidden in plain sight, as usual. Great construction!
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 2:17 pm
by ajk
OK, got it pretty quickly using both nudges. Not sure I would have gotten it otherwise, although I had a decent initial thought.
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 4:27 pm
by hoover
hoover wrote: ↑Fri Jul 16, 2021 3:42 pm
I solved the grid with the speed of a cheetah but the meta eludes me. I think I can guess the answer but I can't find my way to it. As it is 14:40 in my household, the cats are in various indecent positions of napping and are not being helpful with the meta.
The cats are up and about and have fallen out of the bag. The first nudge gave me enough to go on to actually *find* the meta answer vs. just guessing it.
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Sat Jul 17, 2021 7:42 pm
by Bird Lives
One glance at the first nudge and it all became clear. I had been swimming after some red herrings.
Congraats to those who solved it unnudged.
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Sun Jul 18, 2021 7:49 pm
by Wendy Walker
Just got this one with the help of (1) the Abide nudge and (2) significant other Mark, normally NOT a puzzler!
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 1:19 am
by DrTom
Well I got the mechanism finally but I had the answer in the first few minutes. Still a cool puzzle when it is finally clear.
Good teamwork!
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:10 am
by madhatter5
Solution:
In the middle of the grid is a 2x2 block that spells HEAD. If you "change" those letters to TAIL you spell out four new words:
STANK
STICK
SEAL
FACILE
Those words are clues to the following entries:
FAILED
LINGER
INSIGNIA
PAINLESS
And taking the first letters of these entries gives us the answer, FLIP
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:13 am
by RPardoe
Apologies to Josh & Peter - I guessed the answer as it "fit" the prompt and was coin related.
I then "confirmed" it by seeing HEAD could "flip" to TAILS in the grid, but never saw the initial letters of the entries spelling the word for a true final click/confirmation.
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:27 am
by Dplass
RPardoe wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:13 am
Apologies to Josh & Peter - I guessed the answer as it "fit" the prompt and was coin related.
I then "confirmed" it by seeing HEAD could "flip" to TAILS in the grid, but never saw the initial letters of the entries spelling the word for a true final click/confirmation.
Same here.
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 11:20 am
by auee89
Dplass wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:27 am
RPardoe wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:13 am
Apologies to Josh & Peter - I guessed the answer as it "fit" the prompt and was coin related.
I then "confirmed" it by seeing HEAD could "flip" to TAILS in the grid, but never saw the initial letters of the entries spelling the word for a true final click/confirmation.
Same here.
Me, too!
Re: MEOW #33: Got Any Change?
Posted: Tue Jul 20, 2021 3:07 pm
by Meg
RPardoe wrote: ↑Tue Jul 20, 2021 10:13 am
Apologies to Josh & Peter - I guessed the answer as it "fit" the prompt and was coin related.
I then "confirmed" it by seeing HEAD could "flip" to TAILS in the grid, but never saw the initial letters of the entries spelling the word for a true final click/confirmation.
Ditto. I hate it when there’s elegance that I totally miss!
