MEOW #98 Rock the Boat

A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
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Qmark
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#21

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The cat is out. Thanks for a meta answer that made me smile.
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#22

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Very impressive, Whimsy!
Loved it ❤️
Lewis is out of the bag and back to playing nice with Ruthie
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#23

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Here's a list of solvers in some sort of order --

JM
Darth
Hector
Lbray53
DIS
KayW
woozy
ChemBrewer
ChrisKochmanski
Bird Lives
SJMcK
Jhseeman
boharr
Mark Woychick
Meg
Gutman
Carolyn
Benchen71
MaineMarge
Laura M
Bob cruise director
HeadinHome
Qmark

Definitely more cutthroat than I would have expected!
Some real photo finishes!
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#24

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Very well constructed meta. Thanks for creating it
Bob Stevens
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#25

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Very nice! 😺😹😼
-Tamara
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#26

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Cat's out, but it took way longer than it should have.
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#27

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Thanks, Claudia! Great puzzle!
Cynthia
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#28

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Cat is out. Clever puzzle. Had me stumped for a bit until @CPJohnson had me take another look. Thanks, Whimsy!
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#29

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Several more solvers --

BrennerT
Bbaack
Dave C
CPJohnson
Cinny
Trypmom


And, for nudging those cats out of their bags --

There are two different elements or things alluded to in the title.
In an earlier version, this puzzle only referenced rocks. The title would have been "Between a Rock and a Hard Place."
The rocks and boats you're looking for appear in six symmetrically occurring rows.

Confirmation Have I ever mentioned I get seasick?! :D
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#30

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Even though I needed the nudges, I thought this was a brilliant meta. Thanks, whimsy.
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#31

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Got it after all the nudges and then some. Just didn't see what was needed. Thanks for the puzzle.
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#32

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Just found this puzzle--great job by Whimsy!
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#33

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Needed the third nudge; well done.
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#34

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A few more folks have put the cat out for the night --

DebbieC
SeamusOL
Dow Jones
dplass
oldjudge
ReB

Thanks all for playing!
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#35

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Ok… now I got the mechanism! Nudges helped!
Thank you for a fun meta!
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#36

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Is Josh alluded to in the WaPo Mini Meta this week?
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#37

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MMe wrote: ↑Sat Oct 08, 2022 10:59 pm Is Josh alluded to in the WaPo Mini Meta this week?
And it stumped me for a bit! :lol:
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#38

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Erg"cat" has joined the solvers.
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#39

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Very nice,

For the Foster Brooks dwarf, I nominated Tipsy.
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I finally freed the cat. Needed the nudges and misunderstood one of them so I went down a rabbit hole, but eventually got there. Enjoyable!
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