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MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:14 am
by madhatter5
Hi all and welcome to the twentieth installment of the MEOW! We have our first guest construction to the forum this week - and not just
any guest, but no other than our own super-duper-ultra-careful-MEOW-puzzle-tester-and-poster-of-amazingly-theme-appropriate-cat-images-and-I'm-not-quite-sure-how-she-finds-them Whimsy!
This is her debut puzzle. Please send any and all submissions, comments, complaints, compliments, compositions, compotes, compounds, and computer viruses to her.
http://crossword.info/madhatter5/If_You ... _the_Heat_
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/ ... sp=sharing
https://onedrive.live.com/view.aspx?res ... pwXnAJxPTc
https://crosshare.org/crosswords/hcCtM9n54vuhIeyuaduN
The answer to this meta are
some things from the oven.
Good luck!
Kitten
Calico
Persian
Puma
Lion
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:17 am
by madhatter5
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:58 am
by Schmeel
I think the cat's out of the bag. Submitted.
Thanks Whimsy!
Edit: Confirmed!
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 7:40 am
by whimsy
Many thanks to Josh for this opportunity and for his advice and support.
(Although I don't think it's anywhere near as difficult as he does!)
I want to say that my parenthetical comments in the clues have nothing to do with the answer; just my way apologizing for some real "dogs' of clues/entries!
As Josh says, PM me with answers, even half-baked ones --
Have fun!
Oh and of course --
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:14 am
by Al Sisti
The feline has fallen. Excellent debut!
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 9:18 am
by Dannyvee
Cat’s out of the bag!
Nice debut whimsy
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:08 am
by Joe Ross
Out of the bag & into trouble! Excellent puzzle, whimsy!
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:12 am
by Meg
Waiting for confirmation, but I feel pretty confident. There’s a cat wandering around and an empty valise in the corner. EXCELLENT puzzle!! Yay Whimsy!
Confirmed.
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:18 am
by boharr
My cat is out of the bag. Thanks, Whimsy. This was a very enjoyable puzzle.
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:35 am
by Bird Lives
I hope Whimsy is cooking up more puzzles.
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Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 11:50 am
by BrennerTJ
Cat is out of the kitchen. Congrats on the debut puzzle!
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:00 pm
by Hector
Would maybe estimate Calico (Persian if a certain aspect were removed). Awesome debut, and a fun puzzle all around. Thanks, mad and congrats, whimsy!
A (happily non-marathon) puzzle from Hopkinton just in time for a (sadly non-marathon) Patriots Day.
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 1:24 pm
by ChrisKochmanski
Hey, where's the cat? Out of the bag!
Congrats, whimsy, on a fun first meta. Hopefully many more.
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:22 pm
by lbray53
I think I have it! This was more of a challenge for me than for some of you. My struggles were, as usual, self-inflicted. The Excel spreadsheet really helped me see things more clearly. I even used the comment page.
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:27 pm
by lbray53
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:08 am
Out of the bag & into trouble! Excellent puzzle, whimsy!
This picture brought back some memories for me. During my 38 years working on fire investigations for insurance companies and as a firefighter, I dealt with three significant house fires that were caused by an inquisitive cat accidently turning on a stove. In one case the cat was trying to get into the bag - of cat food that is. The smell of the burned kibbles was the worst part of that one.
Incidentally, the cats all survived.
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:01 pm
by KayW
Pending confirmation. A delicious debut, whimsy!
it looks like this cat COULD stand the heat
EDIT: confirmed!
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 4:06 pm
by Wendy Walker
Wonderful debut puzzle! Thank you, Whimsy!
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:13 pm
by Al Sisti
lbray53 wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 2:27 pm
Joe Ross wrote: ↑Wed Apr 14, 2021 10:08 am
Out of the bag & into trouble! Excellent puzzle, whimsy!
This picture brought back some memories for me. During my 38 years working on fire investigations for insurance companies and as a firefighter, I dealt with three significant house fires that were caused by an inquisitive cat accidently turning on a stove. In one case the cat was trying to get into the bag - of cat food that is. The smell of the burned kibbles was the worst part of that one.
Incidentally, the cats all survived.
Came across this one last night... I could not stop laughing.
here.
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:07 pm
by oldjudge
Great puzzle —what an incredible debut by Whimsy! More please.
Re: MEOW #20: If You Can't Stand the Heat ...
Posted: Wed Apr 14, 2021 8:11 pm
by Laura M
Cat's out of the bag, I think! Fun! One of those "I didn't see it until I suddenly did" puzzles. Nicely done, Whimsy!