MEOW #168: My Heart Will Go On

A weekly meta crossword on the forum started by member Josh (aka madhatter5). These puzzles are often very creative with solving mechanisms out of the norm and skewing towards the more challenging. Puzzles are posted every Wednesday, and the solution appears the following Tuesday.
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Fun one, @DrTom!
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:crossed_swords: :rabbit: :cat: :heart: Cat is freed. A purr-fect meta for today - thanks, Tom!
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Happy Valentines Day, friends! Thanks Dr. Tom for a light-hearted little break in my day.
The other Wendy. :roll:
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Well, my Valentine's Day present was LOTS better than candy:

1 whimsy
2 hector
3 benchen71
4 LindaPRmaven
5 Dow Jones
6 Danny K Bernstein
7 Jeremy Smith
8 Laura M
9 Berto
10 Cindy Heisler
11 Pair O Ducks
12 LarsCaine
13 boharr
14 Mr Tex
15 DCBilly
16 kymike
17 hoover
18 Meg
19 Mwoychick
20 edestlin
21 MatthewL
22 ergcat
23 CPJohnson
24 DIS
25 Bird Lives
26 lbray53
27 ajk
28 heidi
29 Carolyn
30 Cindy Weatherman
31 kurtalert
32 JM
33 ChrisKochmanski
34 AxelPlays
35 Schmeel
36 DebbieC
37 frostyjhammer
38 Darth
39 LB800
40 Dave C
41 Philip Chow
42 woozy
43 Tim
44 andeux
45 Cap'n Ricl
46 SJMcK
47 KayW
48 rvkal
49 HeadinHome
50 Jaclyn
51 BarbaraK

That is definitely a record for one day for me. It is so funny because this one all came together in about an hour or so from "Hmm I wonder" to "Ok, last clue done". Sometimes you just gotta have heart...
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Late solve, but fun! Cheers, DrTom and all you muggles!
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DrTom wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 11:55 pm
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I found Waldo(s)!!

Might be the only puzzle I solve! On vacation, and not only having trouble solving some of the metas since our long drawn-out arrival (but we did get away before our original flight was canceled!) but also with some features of crosshare and puz. So I'll be seeing you when and where I see you! :P
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And the hits just keep on coming:

52 Gutman
53 markhr
54 rjy
55 Deb W
56 tyrpmom
57 Jim23809
58 Aerion
59 Johnny Luau
60 emmie

This is on track to be my most solved!!! (and DARN I wished now I HAD hid a Waldo in the candy hearts!!!)
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HeadinHome wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:15 pm Happy Valentines Day, friends! Thanks Dr. Tom for a light-hearted little break in my day.
I'll bet you think I would not notice what you did there, but I did :D

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edestlin wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 9:37 am Cat is liberated and chewing on the flowers. Thanks DrTom!
If it is Cat Tails or Pussy WIllows that is allowable.
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KayW wrote: ↑Wed Feb 14, 2024 8:12 pm :crossed_swords: :rabbit: :cat: :heart: Cat is freed. A purr-fect meta for today - thanks, Tom!
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LOVE that pic!!!!
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Nudges:

The title gives you the mechanism

This is one of the rare metas where you do not get only one letter from each theme answer

Lots of folks probably thought that "...go on" meant go on top of...it doesn't

If not on top of then what else could a heart going on mean?
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Cat's out...no nudges needed. Thanks for another fun (and funny) meta DrTom!
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Saturday triplet:

61 Abide
62 Qmark
63 Sharkicicles

The puzzle is currently sitting 5th in the list of number of solves, Not bad for one that came together so quickly.
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Grade school and Valentine’s Day…I remember loving it and hating it. I am sure somewhere in a drawer in the family homestead there are a pile of undelivered Valentine’s Day cards with names of girls or boys long now grown up and married. Should you be bold enough to announce your fervent naïve affection and face the humiliation that comes with rejection? Dare you announce to your peers that you actually “love” the little blonde haired boy or girl?

That is the thought that came to me when I realized that (1) Valentine’s Day was coming (2) it was a MEOW day. So I whipped up the kitten that you saw last Wednesday. The solution was:
Heart will go on graphic reveal.jpg
A bunch of you liked it and I like that you liked it, so I guess that is our Valentine to each other.

Thanks to all who solved. You get a week off from me as Darth has a fun MEOW tomorrow. Make sure you give it a try!
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