Lockdown11: Ode to Georgie
■ · By Lisa Talya · Published 2021-09-22T07:34:28.009Z
Constructor's Note
This puzzle is inspired by my cat, Georgie. She's allowed outside during the day but has a strict night time curfew, and is a typical entitled cat. If I weren't renting I'd install a cat door. The puzzle pretty much constructed itself.
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"____ or out?" Question I regularly ask my cat
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- 1A"____ or out?" Question I regularly ask my cat
- 4AWith 8-Across, 9-Across, and 11-Across - when repeated ad nauseum, the relationship between my cat and the door to my backyard
- 8ASee 4-Across
- 9ASee 4-Across
- 11ASee 4-Across
- 12AWhat my cat should view me as when I let her inside/outside/inside again/outside again etc. etc.
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- 2DResponse to my cat when she sits next to the back door demanding to be let outside after dark
- 3DAbbreviation for a politician not affilated with any political party (or for how my cat falsely views herself)
- 5D________ and take a deep breath; action when standing next to the back door waiting for the cat to make up her damn mind
- 6DWhat the cat may or may not do when I open the door to let her in
- 7DWhat the cat tries to do when I open the door at night (abbr.)
- 10D"_____, told you so". Response to my cat when she wants to come back inside immediately after demanding to be let out in the rain