Today's MEOW puzzle should be a fairly tame Kitty, or Calico at the most. (If not, you might be overthinking.

Co-incidentally, thanks to both the Cap'n and DrTom for their testing and editing, and to Joe who's about to do his best at teaching me the new posting tricks!
Nudges coming out on Friday or as needed.
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