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Hi all and welcome to the ninety-second installment of the MEOW!

Surprisingly it's a puzzle by me this week.


The answer to this meta is what is needed to solve it.


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

Kitten
Calico
Persian
Puma
Lion

Whoa, baby, you are not kidding around! Unless there's a trick I haven't stumbled over yet, I don't have the time to do the research needed just to solve the grid, let alone the meta...

Got an entry! I'll call that success for now and carry on with my day. Will try for another later...

Gotta have me a .puz file. Although I have an answer in mind.

Madcap indeed. Thanks, Josh!

Yeah, I really need a .puz or even a pdf

Those of you posting “I need a .puz” - is that a request? or your answer?!?

rjy wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:48 am Those of you posting “I need a .puz” - is that a request? or your answer?!?

Request

A .puz would not really have helped much. A two-page printed pdf would have been best, because of the long -- and hilarious -- clues. Stick with it, this is a tour de farce.

I'll wait for the PDF. Looking forward to it!

PDF added. I could not actually make a PUZ file since the clues were too long. It wouldn't let me.

madhatter5 wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 11:24 am PDF added. I could not actually make a PUZ file since the clues were too long. It wouldn't let me.

Bad PUZ. LOL

I have an answer in mind, although I haven't filled in any letters of the grid. I just stopped by to say that I have been to the township mentioned in the clue for 9A, whose "en" syllable is pronounced more like "uh"/"ə" i.e. schwa, to visit a friend who lives there. The Inter-City Train from Amsterdam takes about an hour and 45 minutes, about 20 minutes faster than driving. Don't try it next week, though; the NS staff are going on strike on Monday the 29th. Other than the strikes, the Netherlands ICT/local train/tram/bus system is a wonderful example of well-done intermodal transportation that accepts the same OV-chipkaart as payment for all modes.

And you thought my puzzles were hard.

MMe wrote: Wed Aug 24, 2022 9:52 am … A two-page printed pdf would have been best, because of the long -- and hilarious -- clues…

Looks like the best we could have hoped for is a three-page pdf!

Grid completed... now making faces like @rjy's avatar to try to figure out and/or backsolve the meta.

Wow... So much respect to the constructor and all attempted solvers, but I'm gonna pass on this one! See you next week :-)

Well, half done, I guess.
Have the grid, but nothing to stand on so far for the meta --

Oh H--- No! Guess what? Whereas Crosshare saves a cookie so if you close your window, your completed grid is still there when you go back to it, Crossword.info doesn't. Unnnnngggggghhhhh.... Note to self: print out the PDF and use a pen next time.

Well, it's nice to see you are enjoying yourself, Josh.