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OK, let's see if I can publish one that doesn't need to be corrected soon after it goes live! This should be a fairly easy puzzle, though I have some doozies coming up!!

*Kitten
*Calico
Persian
Puma
Lion

DANG IT!!!

15A was changed to:

15A Oscar follower?

as opposed to the erroneous clue that some silly crossword constructor had put there originally. This darn, error prone, alter ego of mine. I think he is called a cruciherbalist because he must be on edibles when he writes these things....

Now I say that with some trepidation because some testers did not see it immediately based on the fact that they were looking for more of a Tom-like mechanism. This isn't a cryptic or will require a lot of Google, but you will have to pay attention to titles and clues to get to the answer.


Do You Give Up? crosshare

Do You Give Up? PUZ

Do You Give Up? PDF

Do You Give Up? spreadsheet



As always, nudges Friday, PM help anytime.

Cat's free! Thanks for a fun challenge, Tom!

Edit: I forgot to say that I loved the shout-out in 29A.

The cat's out, thank you for the puzzle!

Cute!

Fun cluing and meta - thanks!

"OK, let's see if I can publish one that doesn't need to be corrected soon after it goes live!"

Well, that bird has flown. Seems I stepped in some Dictator dodo and 15A is NOT 53D's other name. It has been corrected on Crosshare, but I do not want to have Joe Ross go through the hassle of changing everything for something I dictated (or rather remembered) incorrectly. So now that clue reads:

15A Oscar follower?

Corrected in all files.

Our indefatigable Mr. Ross has ridden to my side and risen to the task. Thank you Joe for your assistance!

I did not give up! Cat’s out, w chuckles. Nice challenging grid fill too… thanks, DrTom!

Cat is out of the bag!

Cat's gone. Thanks, DrTom.

Solved! Thanks, DrTom!

Cat has been set free, but only with some help. Thanks for the puzzle, Tom!

MatthewL wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 5:54 pm Cat has been set free, but only with some help. Thanks for the puzzle, Tom!

Well these things sometimes require a helper; after confinement in the bag for a while these critters get feisty!

No cat, just bag.

Thanks, Dr. Tom!

ChrisKochmanski wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 9:25 pm No cat, just bag.

Thanks, Dr. Tom!

Is that like "nothing but net..."

Thanks for solving

Just the slightest of hiccups at the start and now everything's going smoothly. Almost 20 solvers on day one so I am encouraged because I felt this might have been harder than some of mine due to a difference in mechanism. However, to paraphrase Ms. Dubois "I have always relied on the cleverness of Muggles"

1 MikeyG (TS)
2 Hector
3 benchen71
4 BarbaraK
5 SamKat9
6 KayW
7 Katiedid
8 rjy
9 hoover
10 kurtalert
11 boharr
12 Gutman
13 CPJohnson
14 andieux
15 MatthewL
16 Philip Chow
17 Cindy Weatherman
18 Meg
19 ChrisKochmanski

Solved! Cat a little reluctant, possibly intimidated by 41ac. Finally jumped out (at me)! Thanks, Dr Tom!

Berto wrote: ↑Wed Sep 27, 2023 10:46 pm Solved! Cat a little reluctant, possibly intimidated by 41ac. Finally jumped out (at me)! Thanks, Dr Tom!

Can't blame your poor kitty, that was a hairy clue, even if it was fuzzy.

Thank you for solving.

Out! ...But this sweet little kitty might have
a bit of tiger in her blood! Thanks, @DrTom 8-)