MEOW #114: The Sign of Four

[madhatter5]

Hi all and welcome to the hundred and fourteenth installment of the MEOW!

Guess who?

I am returning to the fore this week, hopefully for a while. I admit I thought I would take a longer break but my workload has abated and also I am a bit of a meta addict it seems. But to be clear, I maintain the right to jump out again if I need to. I must say the metas that have appeared since I left the stage have been PHENOMENAL without exception. I tip my hat.

This week is a bit of housecleaning, I have a simple one that was rejected for an MMM but I still like it. And I want to get it off my hard drive.

The answer to this meta is eight letters long.

LYNX
https://crossword.info/kvassword/The_Sign_of_Four
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link

Kitten
Calico
Persian
Puma
Lion

Break a 55A!

[Schmeel]

Welcome back!
Cat's gone.
Thanks for the puzzle!

[boharr]

Cat is free. Glad you are back, Josh. And thank you.

[CPJohnson]

Can someone please tell me how to print this puzzle? All I can do at this point is lots of screen shots and many cutting, pasting, and re-sizing steps.

[boharr]

Can someone please tell me how to print this puzzle? All I can do at this point is lots of screen shots and many cutting, pasting, and re-sizing steps.

If you use the google link from Josh's intro post above, you can download a pdf or puz file.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link

[chriscross]

Cat is out of the bag. In a stunning coincidence, it has four legs.

[Joe Ross]

Can someone please tell me how to print this puzzle? All I can do at this point is lots of screen shots and many cutting, pasting, and re-sizing steps.

If you use the google link from Josh's intro post above, you can download a pdf or puz file.

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... share_link

Also:

[CPJohnson]

Thanks, all. I am in a hurry this morning and didn't see the download option the first time I looked. Puzzle is printed now.

[Darth]

The cat is out... Nice one, @madhatter5!

[ImOnToo]

Cat is out in ice covered Texas.

[Joe Ross]

Thanks, all. I am in a hurry this morning and didn't see the download option the first time I looked. Puzzle is printed now. :)

Happy Birthday! 🥳🎂🎈📅

To @tmk and @RavioliRave, also!

[woozy]

Not my week apparently. I'm 0 for 3.

[madhatter5]

It is only today, from some confused solvers, that I have come to learn "break a toenail" is a phrase my mother made up and is not in the language. Go figure.

Not meta related.

[lbray53]

It is only today, from some confused solvers, that I have come to learn "break a toenail" is a phrase my mother made up and is not in the language. Go figure.

Not meta related.

Perhaps a less violent version of "break a leg"?

[woozy]

It is only today, from some confused solvers, that I have come to learn "break a toenail" is a phrase my mother made up and is not in the language. Go figure.

Not meta related.

I was wondering about that. I assume it had to be meta-related as I couldn't think of any reason anyone would want to break a toe-nail or something at all desirable. So... um.... okay. What was "break a toenail" supposed to mean?

[madhatter5]

I think Larry's right

I gotta try your mad hatterish one huh

[Bird Lives]

Awaiting Copenhagen confirmation, confidently. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to let the cat of the Baskervilles out of the bag.

[MarkWoychick]

Cat's out, pending confirmation. Thanks for the puzzle, @madhatter5

Edit: confirmed

[Dplass]

After a hint from someone, the cat's out, pending confirmation. Thanks for the puzzle, @madhatter5 and for someone for the hint!

[dudeski]

Nice to have you back.