MEOW #160 Musical Chair

[ImOnToo]

Cat’s out of the bag! Thanks, Tom.

[DrTom]

Oops, forgot to post over here. Solved after almost giving up because I forgot what the prompt was, and because I missed the final elegance. Fun stuff, thanks.

So glad you played the game until the end and ended up getting a chair!

Tom

[DrTom]

A banner day in MEOWland! This is our first day solver list:

1 Bird Lives (T)
2 AxelPlays
3 dannyvee
4 boharr
5 hoover
6 Pair O Ducks
7 LarsCaine
8 Darth
9 SamKat9
10 hector
11 MatthewL
12 Mwoychick
13 Meg
14 JHSeeman
15 KayW
16 woozy
17 SharkIcicles
18 ChrisKochmanski
19 Bob cruise director
20 DCBilly
21 hcbirker
22 LauraM
23 Tom Wilson
24 DOritz
25 Jeremy Smith
26 Darrell
27 Cindy Weatherman
28 andeux
29 Dow Jones
30 Cindy Heisler
31 DelanQ
32 JM
33 DIS
34 ajk
35 Philip Chow
36 DaveC
37 Jaclyn
38 Imontoo
39 Gutman
40 SJMcK

So glad so many of you enjoyed it. I hope your Holiday season is full of other fun things as well.

[whimsy]

Thanks, Tom!
And to all a Good Night...

[Darth]

Music stopped, and the cat is making up some new rules...

[fivehalves]

Cat's out of the bag! Fun meta!

[HeadinHome]

Quick and enjoyable bag-escape! Thanks for the fun.

[lbray53]

This cat is out!

[Cap'n Rick]

Cat is out shopping for Christmas presents.

Thanks for a fun one, @DrTom! Happy holidays!

[CPJohnson]

Solved, with help from visiting daughter! Thanks, @DrTom! Merry Christmas!

[DrTom]

Another day and another round of solvers:

41 whimsy
42 Tryprmom
43 fivehalves
44 HeadInHome
45 Mg305
46 lbray53
47 Cap'n Rick
48 CPJohnson
49 Mr Tex
50 markhr
51 BarbaraK
52 LindaPRmaven


Thanks to all who kept pursuing the music!

[DrTom]

I doubt they are needed, but I promised sooo.

Nudges:

Well obviously "music" is part of it. Do you see any well-known (and I suppose for the sake of argument, "retro") songs in the Grid?

What is the more formal title for a "Chair"?

Check out the fedora on the guy in front of the chair. Any singer famous for his fedora?

Clues 50A and 65D were meant to be "Easter Eggs"

Clue 50A was SUPPOSED to be "Pack animal" and somehow I changed it in editing - drat!

If all else fails play the music shown on the graphic!

[DrTom]

While we wait for the MG I got three more solvers:

53 SteveM
54 DebbieC
55 edestlin

This is probably the last update because I'll be traveling and I don't know how proficient I am with phone text (and yes that sounds like something I am probably also not proficient at). However, I will try to keep track and if not over the holiday then at least on Wednesday evening.

[DrTom]

I’ll post the official, graphic, reveal tomorrow but this one is easy enough to do with text.

There are 7 songs in the grid:
Summer Wind
My Way
High Hopes
Something Stupid
New York New York (NY, NY)
That’s Life
Fly Me to the Moon

All sung by Frank Sinatra the CHAIRman of the Board. The clues to those songs spell SINATRA. There was also RAT as in RAT PACK and DEAN as in Dean Martin. Also the man in front of the chair in the graphic has on Sinatra fedora, and the music in the graphic…My Way

There were over 50 of you who spent at least part of your Christmas Holiday with my puzzle and I thank you all. Tomorrow’s puzzle will be released a little late because I am traveling but it should be up by 5 or 6 PM.

[hoover]

What is the more formal title for a "Chair"?

All sung by Frank Sinatra the CHAIRman of the Board.

I always forget that nickname, which is why I was thinking "What does 'throne' have to do with Sinatra?"

The clues to those songs spell SINATRA.

Solved the puzzle without nudges, and I completely missed this! (But I saw the notes in the graphic!)

[DrTom]

Probably not needed, but here is the graphic:

Easter Eggs of Frank and blue eyes and well as those that referred to his member ship in the RAT pack and friendship with DEAN. The "Oldies" reference was to get people away from more modern singers.

The final count was 56 solvers! Thank you all.
1 Bird Lives (T)
2 AxelPlays
3 dannyvee
4 boharr
5 hoover
6 Pair O Ducks
7 LarsCaine
8 Darth
9 SamKat9
10 hector
11 MatthewL
12 Mwoychick
13 Meg
14 JHSeeman
15 KayW
16 woozy
17 SharkIcicles
18 ChrisKochmanski
19 Bob cruise director
20 DCBilly
21 hcbirker
22 LauraM
23 Tom Wilson
24 DOritz
25 Jeremy Smith
26 Darrell
27 Cindy Weatherman
28 andeux
29 Dow Jones
30 Cindy Heisler
31 DelanQ
32 JM
33 DIS
34 ajk
35 Philip Chow
36 DaveC
37 Jaclyn
38 Imontoo
39 Gutman
40 SJMcK
41 whimsy
42 Tryprmom
43 fivehalves
44 HeadInHome
45 Mg305
46 lbray53
47 Cap'n Rick
48 CPJohnson
49 Mr Tex
50 markhr
51 BarbaraK
52 LindaPRmaven
53 SteveM
54 DebbieC
55 edestlin
56 Johnny Luau