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Although snow is not a "thing" in Florida I know it is in many places where Muggles reside and solve. Therefore this puzzle seemed very timely. I am not going to venture a guess on the difficulty. I, of course, think it is patently obvious what I want, but then I wrote it.

So, solve carefully, remember who wrote this and watch out for things purposely designed to confuse.


Difficulty: ? (no more than Persian)


Nudges Friday, reveal Tuesday


Thanks to my Testers: @BarbaraK, @whimsy and (completely by accident, but adding a nice touch) @Hector

White As Snow
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Feline shoveled out to warmth and safety… delightful puzzle, DrTom!

The cat is still on the floor laughing, after stumbling out of the bag. Nice one, Dr. T!

Cat was confused for a moment but made it off the couch unhurt. Thank, Dr. Tom.

Scat, cat!

Thanks, Dr. T!

Cat fell out of the bag. Thanks, Dr Tom.

Meg wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:11 am The cat is still on the floor laughing, after stumbling out of the bag. Nice one, Dr. T!

Is this him?

Cat's out! Thanks Dr. Tom!

Cat has been freed. Took a while to find the iteration that Crosshare would accept, but finally got there. Thanks for the puzzle, Tom!

Well, I have a perfect streak for all the metas I've tried this year.

2024--- The year I woke up stupid.

Cat's out of the bag, with some assistance! Thanks for the puzzle, Dr. Tom

I have steps one and two, and a connection, and I see a bunch of Easter eggs to boot, but the "fabled rock group" prompt gives it a MMMM aspect that makes me think I'm going to have to spend a lot of time searching online.

Goodness gracious, I never meant this to be a challenge! I'll just bet a lot of you had the answer as soon as you saw it and are just trying to find out how to verify. This is a "grok" mechanism, nothing is spelled out (intentionally) so it just has to be an "AHA, I see what he is doing now, and there is the confirmation".

hoover wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:45 pm I have steps one and two, and a connection, and I see a bunch of Easter eggs to boot, but the "fabled rock group" prompt gives it a MMMM aspect that makes me think I'm going to have to spend a lot of time searching online.

You don’t need a lot of online searching, you just need to remember that this is DrTom

OK, so after sharing with Tom my rabbit holes, I have been guided to the answer. Cat's out, licking its fur, slightly ashamed of itself...

Cat is out! Fun one.

The answer for 30D made me check to make sure that this was not one of Mikey’s puzzles. I hope you both consider that a compliment.

BarbaraK wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:58 pm

hoover wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:45 pm I have steps one and two, and a connection, and I see a bunch of Easter eggs to boot, but the "fabled rock group" prompt gives it a MMMM aspect that makes me think I'm going to have to spend a lot of time searching online.

You don’t need a lot of online searching, you just need to remember that this is DrTom

EXACTLY! I try to make puzzles that even I could solve! I seldom get really obtuse and if I do I let you know from the start that it will be hard.

Day one of a busy week and I still managed to entice 25 people to release that captured kitty. Thanks to all the solvers.

1 Hector
2 LarsCaine
3 andeux
4 LaraM
5 whimsy
6 DIS
7 rjy
8 Mr Tex
9 Meg
10 boharr
11 ChrisKochmanski
12 Cindy Heisler
13 DCBilly
14 heidi
15 MatthewL
16 Cindy Weatherman
17 markhr
18 Mwoychick
19 kuralert
20 CPJohnson
21 BarbaraK
22 hoove
23 lbray53
24 emmie
25 jbird

DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 11:02 pm Day one of a busy week and I still managed to entice 25 people to release that captured kitty. Thanks to all the solvers.

... and me, just not on Crosshare!

DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 10:29 pm

BarbaraK wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 5:58 pm

hoover wrote: ↑Wed Jan 03, 2024 2:45 pm I have steps one and two, and a connection, and I see a bunch of Easter eggs to boot, but the "fabled rock group" prompt gives it a MMMM aspect that makes me think I'm going to have to spend a lot of time searching online.

You don’t need a lot of online searching, you just need to remember that this is DrTom

EXACTLY! I try to make puzzles that even I could solve! I seldom get really obtuse and if I do I let you know from the start that it will be hard.

I haven't got this one yet, but I know DrTom is always fair, and if it's a hardon e he'll let you know.