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Cat's out and enjoyed the sleigh ride, thanks Dr. Tom!

Cat's gone after a couple of near stumbles. Fun one! Thanks, DrT!

SamKat9 wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:25 am Cat's out and enjoyed the sleigh ride, thanks Dr. Tom!

Oh my, you sleighed the cat!

sharkicicles wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 1:16 am

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

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

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.

Hmmmm

Dr. Tom you are showing commendable restraint in your reaction above. ( :

BTW, I’m still trying to see what everyone is seeing in this meta…

The cat is out. Purrfect! Thanks, DrTom.

Yeah, I think I see what I'm supposed to see but I'm a little to fclustered to really take the borther to see it. Whether I'm being too impatient or whether it's vaguely ambiguous remains to be seen but I suspect I'm being too impatient. Not getting it yet...

Um going to consider the WSJ this week the first real meta of the year... Of course if I whiff that... well, I suppose it's always been possible there'd be a year where I never solve a meta ever....

HeadinHome wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 12:24 pm Dr. Tom you are showing commendable restraint in your reaction above. ( :

BTW, I’m still trying to see what everyone is seeing in this meta…

Must resist temptation, taking all energy...Danger Danger Will Robinson. central processor shutting down due to overload!

A half dozen more for Day 2:

26 Jeremy Smith
27 SamKat9
28 Quiara
29 Philip Chow
30 Darth
31 LB800

and now, without further adieu...

Nudges:

Think of symmetry and synonyms

If the title is not helpful, change it around a little

Remember that I like to use wordplay...even in my meta prompts

Although the answer is a band, it is not a band

Fun one, @DrTom! The cat is currently out of his bag, but he's preparing to get right back in there before the nor'easter hits tomorrow.

Cap'n Rick wrote: ↑Fri Jan 05, 2024 11:40 am Fun one, @DrTom! The cat is currently out of his bag, but he's preparing to get right back in there before the nor'easter hits tomorrow.

Better catten down the hatches!

T

Nudged out of the bag, and you could probably hear my head slap half-way across the country. Loved it - thanks, Tom!

The nudges helped! Seven more people joined the ranks of solver:

32 Berto
33 Cap'n Rick
34 Dave C
35 Danny K Bernstein
36 Carolyn
37 woozy
38 Kay W

Possibly everyone now is working on the WSJ and MG (I know I am) and if you are having the difficulty I am then I doubt I'll see you on the MEOW, but I do thank those who has tried so far.

T

Better late than never?? I have FINALLY figured this one out, thanks to a little more explicit instruction from Dr. Tom. A little red-faced over here, that I needed that much hand holding. (Though to be fair to me, I was not at all familiar with the band!)

Getting to it late, and needed the second nudge, but got there. Fun stuff, thanks.

OK, in the midst of a Week 1(??????) MG and a difficult WSJ (neither of which I am getting) I still got two more solvers:

39 HeadinHome
40 ajk

Thank you for taking the time to solve!!!

Two more solvers join the list:

41 Pair O Ducks
42 Ergcat

OK, another two:

43 JM
44 AxelPlays

I am delighted to have 2 more people solve every day, but remember tomorrow AM I post the reveal, so that kind of spoils it for future solvers!! So if oyu are looking to solve, be a night-owl because tonight is the night.

The Reveal:

A total of 44 of you trudged through the snow to find the answer:
I got a lot of different answers and some people may have had the answer and just stopped trying because I did not have their particular answer as a possibility, for that I am sorry. It is hard to anticipate what people are going to enter and include them all.

I think I also have to apologize for my verbal chicanery, Rock Group was meant to be funny, and I'll admit a little cryptic, using the fact that these magnificent seven worked in the mines. Hmmm, magnificent 7, I'll have to remember that!!!

Thanks to all who solved!!