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MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:31 am
by madhatter5
Hi all and welcome to the seventy-third installment of the MEOW! (Released a bit early).

The answer to the meta is appropriately meta.


Lynx
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
https://crossword.info/kvassword/Lets_Get_Meta


Best of luck!

Kitten
Calico
Persian
Puma
Lion

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:22 pm
by Meg
Seriously? A third one? I’m still stuck on #2.

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:43 pm
by woozy
Meg wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:22 pm Seriously? A third one? I’m still stuck on #2.
Hmm.... apparently a joke I made thinking it'd be weird... turned out to be what was actually going on.

Still haven't solved any of these three but.... well, there's something interesting. Something like 3/2 of the steps out of 12 steps.....

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 5:11 pm
by madhatter5
Erratum: in 42D the blank is in the wrong place in the poem (not meta related). Thanks Claudia!

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 10:16 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
A catless bag!

Though awaiting confirmation.

This whole “Let’s Get Meta!” thing today has been fun.

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2022 11:44 pm
by whimsy
Well, I think I have something that goes well with this piece.

But work to be done still. Looking at you, Ginger!


Who else had this reaction this AM? :P

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Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:05 am
by madhatter5
Ugh, more errata: I spelled financier wrong in one of the clues.

NOT meta related, I just have no edumacation

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 2:32 am
by woozy
madhatter5 wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:05 am Ugh, more errata: I spelled financier wrong in one of the clues.

NOT meta related, I just have no edumacation
Oh... that threw me for a loop for a long time.

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 9:02 am
by Darth
I smell 21A!... :shock:

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:38 am
by Dplass
woozy wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:43 pm
Meg wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:22 pm Seriously? A third one? I’m still stuck on #2.
Hmm.... apparently a joke I made thinking it'd be weird... turned out to be what was actually going on.

Still haven't solved any of these three but.... well, there's something interesting. Something like 3/2 of the steps out of 12 steps.....
Wait there are 3 MEOWS this week??

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:52 am
by woozy
Dplass wrote: Wed Apr 20, 2022 11:38 am
woozy wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:43 pm
Meg wrote: Tue Apr 19, 2022 12:22 pm Seriously? A third one? I’m still stuck on #2.
Hmm.... apparently a joke I made thinking it'd be weird... turned out to be what was actually going on.

Still haven't solved any of these three but.... well, there's something interesting. Something like 3/2 of the steps out of 12 steps.....
Wait there are 3 MEOWS this week??
There are three puzzles all called "Let's get meta" with the same prompt "The answer to the meta is appropriately meta".

I haven't solved any of these (they all seem to lack what I call a "trigger") but I made a joke about them. Turned out my joke was actually true.

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:34 pm
by DrTom
Solved one of the trio, finished all of the grids, but am still trying to figure out what a couple of answers mean. They don't seem to make sense in context so I am assuming they are part of the meta.

I can see this being a week I need NUDGES big time because, well because...

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 12:47 pm
by Laura M
Cat's out! These are great! I also got @benchen71's, but still stuck on @MikeyG's.

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 1:02 pm
by boharr
The cat, having been nudged, is free. Trifecta complete.

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Wed Apr 20, 2022 6:04 pm
by Meg
With some nudging I got #3. That was a fun triple escapade!

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:15 am
by rjy
Seems we should have a meta-topic on the board to discuss this collection together. For myself, I have grids filled and one meta answered, but while noodling the remaining pieces let me pause to tip my cap to the exceptional and fun cluing in these puzzles. Lots of chuckles and groans along the way. Kudos!

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 8:25 am
by MarkWoychick
I’m told I have one part of the solution, so I’m not sure where that leaves the cat - half in the bag? I’ve solved 1.5 of the 2 Let’s Get Meta puzzles I’ve tried so far - clever and fun challenges!

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 9:19 am
by Darth
The cat cat cat is out of the bag bag bag... :roll:

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 10:11 am
by lbray53
The cat is out of the bag but I needed help.

It all came together in the end. I think.

Re: MEOW #73: Let's Get Meta!

Posted: Thu Apr 21, 2022 2:38 pm
by markhr
2.5 parts done, but still struggling on the solution to this one.
Interesting trifecta.