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MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:23 am
by madhatter5
Hi all and welcome to the forty-first installment of the MEOW! This one is another collaboration with DrTom - hopefully we will redeem ourselves.
MEOW #41 - Get A Life Online Form
PUZ
PDF
EXCEL
WEB-HOSTED
The answer to this meta
has three or four letters.
Feel free to send solutions to either of us but I think both of us are pretty busy these days so there may be delays.
Good luck!
Kitten
Calico
Persian
Puma
Lion
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 6:04 am
by benchen71
I'm hoping the cat is out of the bag. Answer submitted, awaiting confirmation. [EDIT: Confirmed!]
Great puzzle construction, by the way. Something for your fellow meta constructors to aspire to!
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:19 am
by madhatter5
I was told some links aren't working - hopefully Joe can fix that at some point (I won't be able to for a while). Sorry!
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 8:35 am
by Joe Ross
The links have been corrected. You have my apologies, Josh!
This was entirely my fault.
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:23 am
by RPardoe
Solved and submitted (but with comments).
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:48 am
by madhatter5
Once again Rich has found a flaw in the puzzle solution. And this one is particularly embarrassing for me.
Shouldn't affect the solve though, I think.
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:50 am
by Meg
About to submit. Pretty neat!!
edit: confirmed. I liked this meta a lot.
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 10:53 am
by ChrisKochmanski
The cat is bagless! Submitted and awaiting confirmation.
UPDATE: Confirmed!
Very cool puzzle! My compliments to Josh and Dr. Tom!
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 1:35 pm
by ky-mike
Submitted and awaiting confirmation.
Edit: Confirmed!
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:02 pm
by woozy
Ooh. Fun.
Usually "putting it down and coming back in a while and then it's clear" doesn't work for me but this time ... it really did.
(Although I'm having a hard time seeing what the flaw may be.)
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:22 pm
by boharr
I'm off the couch, but needed help.
EDIT: Confirmed. This is a neat puzzle but I was hampered by lack of certain knowledge.
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:23 pm
by Dplass
Solved. Thanks for the puzzle!
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 2:55 pm
by oldjudge
I think I have in, and in another sense I know I have it.
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:05 pm
by MamaE
Pretty sure cat is out of the bag!
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 3:45 pm
by Bird Lives
Cat's gone. Using [answer to MGWCC 69] helps to seal the deal and provide an Easter egg.
I had an alternate answer that ties in with the actual answer and the title. Details at eleven, or whenever the answer is posted, though I can never remember when that is.
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 4:02 pm
by Laura M
Cat's out (unconfirmed)! This was really cool. I think I know what the flaw is (only because of Googling I did on the way) but it didn't affect the solve, assuming I did solve it :-)
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 4:15 pm
by woozy
Oh... whoops. The "flaw" is obvious and what I thought it might be but when I attempted to analyze it somehow I confirmed the flaw as being correctly done. But to be a flaw one needs to make an assumption not necessarily stated. And it requires a bit of detail beyond what is needed to solve. It certainly doesn't make the solution wrong.
Still, it'd be worth fixing... if possible... that'd make for one jewel of a puzzle.
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:46 pm
by Dannyvee
Very cool puzzle.
Cat's out (pending confirmation)
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 7:54 pm
by HeadinHome
Found what i was clearly directed to look for, but no idea what to do with this collection. Maybe I’m supposed to be familiar with something I know nothing about? (Is this sports again?)
Re: MEOW #41: Get A Life
Posted: Wed Sep 08, 2021 9:40 pm
by KayW
I submitted an 85% answer...
I definitely have something but not sure the cat's completely out of the bag.
EDIT: confirmed