MEOW #178 Loose Connections
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MEOW #178 Loose Connections
Of course, none of my rambling here applies to this puzzle -- except that the puzzle is called "Loose Connections" -- but I am thankful for the creative outlet of crossword construction and for our "connection" on this Muggles Forum. I hope you'll enjoy solving this meta as much as I've enjoyed designing it. The answer is a two-word phrase that you'll find "appropriate" to the theme.
Special thanks go out to @DrTom for his advice and affirmation and to @Joe Ross for his technical help.
Loose Connections
Crosshare
PUZ
spreadsheet
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The PUZ and PDF links don't work. Fixed!
Edit: And neither does my meta-solving brain after downloading the PUZ from Crosshare and completing the grid. The wait for nudges might be difficult!
Edit: And neither does my meta-solving brain after downloading the PUZ from Crosshare and completing the grid. The wait for nudges might be difficult!
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Check out "The MOAT MEOW Mashup Pack" here. US$10 for 14 metas that don't always abide by the "rules" of the game: asymmetry, 2-letter words, uncrossed letters, who knows. And this time there's a mega-meta!
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Cat got loose - Nice one, thanks!
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 metapuzzles created to help raise money for cancer-related charities. It is available at CrosswordsForCancer.com.
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The cat is out of the bag and on the loose, though without connections.
Jay
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Cat's out of the bag - thanks, Darth!
Contest Crosswords Combating Cancer (CCCC) is a bundle of 16 contest-style (meta) crosswords that we've created to help raise money for cancer-related organizations - get the bundle at http://crosswordsforcancer.com
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Gah! Don't let the red one touch the yellow one!!
Thanks, Darth! Lots of fun!
Cat's cover blown.Thanks, Darth! Lots of fun!
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Cat is off the couch, but both dogs are ON one. And their human is back to work, NOT on a couch
This solve took a quick mental-break nap at lunch hour… literally woke up and went “oh! I didn’t try _____” and that did it.
This solve took a quick mental-break nap at lunch hour… literally woke up and went “oh! I didn’t try _____” and that did it.
The other Wendy.
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Cat is out. I finally made the proper connection. Thank you to @HeadinHome for inspiring me to look again and try one more thing.
My avatar proves that it is sometimes better to be lucky than good!
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32 solvers so far.
Hector
markhr
rfj
LarsCaine
JM
hoover
rjy
FrankieHeck
KayW
Chris Kochmanski
MatthewL
boharr
LindaPRMaven
dannyvee
Cindy Weatherman
Meg
Bird Lives
Mwoychick
whimsy
HeadinHome
andeux
Gutman
dudeski
Ergcat
Laura M
Samwise
Archie
Tim
lbray53
heidi
DrTom
Berto
A great start for the Day 1 Leader Board: Hector
markhr
rfj
LarsCaine
JM
hoover
rjy
FrankieHeck
KayW
Chris Kochmanski
MatthewL
boharr
LindaPRMaven
dannyvee
Cindy Weatherman
Meg
Bird Lives
Mwoychick
whimsy
HeadinHome
andeux
Gutman
dudeski
Ergcat
Laura M
Samwise
Archie
Tim
lbray53
heidi
DrTom
Berto
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Well, this is the exact opposite of Ben's MOAT yesterday.
I guess I should change my signature, and start promoting this meta: Hungry Little Creature. I was going to sent it to people for testing but I dropped the ball on it.
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Time for a few nudges... to take one at a time and ruminate. ;)
Nudge 2:
Nudge 3:
Nudge 4:
Nudge 5:
Nudge 6 is to return to Nudge 1! (I expect there will be plenty more solvers before the "reveal" next Tuesday.)
Nudge 1: Nudge 2:
Nudge 3:
Nudge 4:
Nudge 5:
Nudge 6 is to return to Nudge 1! (I expect there will be plenty more solvers before the "reveal" next Tuesday.)