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Hi all and welcome to the twelfth installment of the MEOW! Piscine puzzle today, but I hope that doesn't mean it stinks

The answer to this meta is a kind of fish. Difficulty is a persian/puma hybrid.

Good luck!


https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing

http://crossword.info/madhatter5/FISH


EDIT: Guess what? Brilliant old me decided to make a slight change after the puzzle went through testing ... and removed an entry that needed to be there for the meta .

Please solve the meta pretending as though there is the entry HURT in the grid somewhere.

Thank you for understanding and sorry for the rocky rollout this week.

My cat was stuck for quite some time..... (No animals were harmed during this post.)

Quick alert: I've been informed of some discrepancies between the puz and pdf files. Still working on a fix. I'll let you know as soon as it's resolved. Sorry about that and thanks to boharr for the heads up.

Ok I figured out the problem. The .puz file is not clueing one-letter words, so the numbering is messed up. Please everyone use just the pdf or the web-hosted version. Thanks!

madhatter5 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:28 am Ok I figured out the problem. The .puz file is not clueing one-letter words, so the numbering is messed up. Please everyone use just the pdf or the web-hosted version. Thanks!

Is there a non color version for those of us who solve on paper?

Cindy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:35 am

madhatter5 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:28 am Ok I figured out the problem. The .puz file is not clueing one-letter words, so the numbering is messed up. Please everyone use just the pdf or the web-hosted version. Thanks!

Is there a non color version for those of us who solve on paper?

I'll make one now!

madhatter5 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:41 am

Cindy wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:35 am

madhatter5 wrote: ↑Wed Feb 17, 2021 10:28 am Ok I figured out the problem. The .puz file is not clueing one-letter words, so the numbering is messed up. Please everyone use just the pdf or the web-hosted version. Thanks!

Is there a non color version for those of us who solve on paper?

I'll make one now!

Done

I worked on the puz. Version for awhile. Thought you had come up with a really devious mechanism. Gonna start again on the pdf.

Submitted a guess. I'm sure I have the mechanism but can't really make it smoothly deliver a fish.

Edit: guess was the right fish; whew. Clever meta, reminds me a bit of one from another constructor a ways back.

Just to make sure no one misses it, I made a slight mistake in the meta. Please see my edit in the initial post.

Solved with the correction (and a confirmation of the method from a friend).

Solved

Out of the bag. With a nudge.

I think I figured out the mechanism but can’t see the fish yet.

The cat is out of the bag but i needed a lot of help.

Nudge Saturday!

The title is absolutely essential to the puzzle. Without the title 'Fish', the puzzle is not solveable.

The mechanism itself (i.e. after you've figured out the meaning of the title) is quite common. I've even used it myself in a previous MEOW.

The title is an instruction.

Catching up on missed puzzles (thanks Texas power companies for the loss of power) as I get back online post winter storm.
An answer submitted that is the best I could come up with, though didn't quite click for me though each of the steps seems certain.

Nope - incorrect, needed a small course correction to get to the intended answer.

RPardoe wrote: ↑Sat Feb 20, 2021 9:42 am Catching up on missed puzzles (thanks Texas power companies for the loss of power) as I get back online post winter storm.
An answer submitted that is the best I could come up with, though didn't quite click for me though each of the steps seems certain.

Did you see this edit to the original post?

EDIT: Guess what? Brilliant old me decided to make a slight change after the puzzle went through testing ... and removed an entry that needed to be there for the meta .

Please solve the meta pretending as though there is the entry HURT in the grid somewhere.