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Is a Dog a God

โ—† ยท By DrTom ยท Published 2024-12-11T12:30:01.583Z

Meta Prompt
You'll see the answer if you look beyond the surface and reflect
Not sure from what depths of metaphysical posings (or is that posturings) this evolved but here it is. I think this was one that came to me in while sitting in Church, or perhaps at a redlight, and then it was a "wonder of there is enough for a meta. Turns out there was/is and I hope people will enjoy it. It might be a tad more difficult, but not for this group of super sleuths. Still I'll give it a Persian and be glad if people tell me later, "Hey Tom that was at best a Calico!"
My testers were whimsy and benchen, though they did this so long ago that it will probably seem like a new puzzle. I will be providing Friday nudges and anytime help via PM
Kitten
Calico
ึŽPersian
Puma
Lion
๐™„๐™› ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™™๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š๐™ฃ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐™–๐™ง๐™š ๐™ค๐™—๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ช๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š. ๐™„๐™ฉ'๐™จ ๐™œ๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ๐™ฃ'๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™ฉ; ๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™ฎ ๐™–๐™˜๐™˜๐™š๐™จ๐™จ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™—๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ก๐™ก ๐™ค๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง ๐™– ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™ช๐™จ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™™๐™ž๐™›๐™›๐™š๐™ง๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ, ๐™– ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™š๐™ง๐™›๐™ช๐™ก ๐™–๐™ฅ๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™ค๐™ฌ๐™ฃ ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™– ๐™ฌ๐™–๐™ฎ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™œ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ค๐™จ๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™ช๐™ฏ๐™ฏ๐™ก๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ข๐™ข๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™จ๐™ค๐™ก๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™จ ๐™–๐™ก๐™ก ๐™›๐™ค๐™ง ๐™๐™๐™€๐™€. ๐˜ฝ๐™ช๐™ฉ, ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ฃ๐™ค๐™ฉ ๐™›๐™ง๐™š๐™š ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ฅ๐™š๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ก๐™š ๐™ฌ๐™๐™ค ๐™—๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช ๐˜พ๐™ง๐™ค๐™จ๐™จ๐™๐™–๐™ง๐™š, ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ฉ ๐™ž๐™จ ๐™จ๐™ช๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™š๐™™ ๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ก๐™ฎ ๐™—๐™ฎ ๐™ฎ๐™ค๐™ช๐™ง ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ. ๐™‹๐™ก๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š ๐™˜๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™จ๐™ž๐™™๐™š๐™ง ๐™– ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ค๐™ง ๐™—๐™š๐™ฉ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™ฎ๐™š๐™ฉ ๐™– ๐™ง๐™š๐™˜๐™ช๐™ง๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™™๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ, ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ ๐™š๐™š๐™ฅ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™ž๐™จ ๐™ซ๐™–๐™ก๐™ช๐™–๐™—๐™ก๐™š ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™š๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™–๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™š ๐™ง๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ž๐™ข๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ซ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ:
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  • boharr 3sย ยทย 2024-12-11T13:52:53.660Z
    Thanks, DrTom.
    • lbray53 2sย ยทย 2024-12-11T14:39:00.518Z
      I would say that Calico is correct.
      • Dave C 2sย ยทย 2024-12-11T16:02:43.917Z
        For me it was more a kitten...
        • AuLeaf ๐Ÿค“8:56ย ยทย 2024-12-11T23:19:48.337Z
          "Mrow!" I'd tend to agree.
        • MatthewL ๐Ÿค“8:27ย ยทย 2024-12-11T16:17:21.198Z
          Got step 1 fairly quickly, but then hit a brick wall. And then I remembered the cardinal rule of Dr. Tom puzzles -- always look at the clues. Thanks for the puzzle!
          • woozy ๐Ÿค“12:19ย ยทย 2024-12-11T16:54:50.616Z
            Ooh, the place to find pigeons? Well, First guess was STOOL so BARSTOOL immediately after was an amusing red herring, but unfortunately it was all tail and no head.
            • DCBilly 1:54ย ยทย 2024-12-11T17:13:42.042Z
              Thanks for the clue comment. I intuited Lamina from the prompt after finding all the animals. Nice to go back and find an additional (better) reason.
              • DrTom constructorย ยทย 2024-12-11T19:45:16.845Z
                Darn, I was hoping "surface" would not be too much of a hint/nudge, though in truth I'd say you will bein the minority on intuiting LAMINA and knowing that to reflect upon it means turning it around. When I began I was hoping opt have things that actually were a mirror reflection but there are too few letters (A, H, I, M, O, T, U, V, W, X, and Y) that have vertical symmetry. So I settled for hetero-palindromes (or rather my favorite term for them semordnilaps)
              • woozy ๐Ÿค“12:19ย ยทย 2024-12-11T16:52:29.921Z
                Knew when I saw the title, I'd like it.
                Calico. Did require a mechanism I only prefer in extreme circumstances or with some eluded to trigger (but in this case it was more a case of "where else?" so all's good). Could be harder with a different title but I wouldn't have love it as much under a different name (I'm fickle that way.)
                • whimsy ๐Ÿค“11:18ย ยทย 2024-12-11T19:57:42.136Z
                  Whew! -- almost couldn't get it the second time -- embarrassing! Remembered about the creatures but almost neglected to include the little 3-letter aminals on the sides. Liked it back when; like it now!
                  • Bird Lives 4sย ยทย 2024-12-11T21:58:18.278Z
                    What MatthewL said. Got the retrofauna quickly, but didn't think to look at the clues till I'd come back to it after a few hours.
                    • HeadinHome 4:08ย ยทย 2024-12-11T23:51:10.242Z
                      Had to reveal puzzle to get the 3rd letter of DEET. I had DEBT, not knowing what the heck โ€œoffโ€ in OFF meantโ€ฆ figured it was some abbreviation I didnโ€™t know, so B made DEBT, which made BARS for 3 down, a place where you will find buds (as in, Bud Lights, ODouls, etc!). ANYhoo, this was cute. WOLF was my tip off, thinking your โ€œsurfaceโ€ referred to the edges of the puzzle, so I looked at the words on the edges that could be read backwards. Fun to search for all of themโ€ฆ I bet it was fun to think of them too!
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                      The "off" in OFF
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                      Across
                      1. 1A
                        The "off" in OFF
                      2. 5A
                        Oven designed to hop in
                      3. 9A
                        Sit and enjoy a stew
                      4. 14A
                        Actor Morales
                      5. 15A
                        Little amount, along with its drab friend
                      6. 16A
                        Common place to see pigeons
                      7. 17A
                        Seats for Muggle solvers
                      8. 19A
                        Bygone (as in days)
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                        Woman with a museum you can't hold a candle to
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                        Library distractions
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                        Modern address
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                        Lyric poem
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                        Stocks and such
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                        Carnival city
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                        Active movement of water
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                        Tibet's "Forbidden City"
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                        It can be square or round, musical or gladiatorial
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                        "___ fallen and I can't get up"
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                        Manila folder feature
                      20. 38A
                        Changes position during the course of a game
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                        In downwind area
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                        Act human
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                        Key material
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                        Swiss vegetable
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                        Need for a woodwind
                      26. 47A
                        Likely category for speaker of 36A
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                        Flinches or frowns
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                        Storage for old movies
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                        Printer's widths
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                        Gentle stroke
                      31. 55A
                        Crowd sing-alongs at games
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                        If all you have are these you will never get to a first base
                      33. 60A
                        Name for the old folks' home
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                        Ted, who played Isaac, on The Loveboat
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                        Astronauts' original beverage
                      36. 64A
                        Band that got caught up in the "Heat of the Moment"
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                        Compare
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                        A sticker on a crossword puzzle
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                        Someone who would offer a lady a seat
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                        Numbers in red
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                        Biblical twin whom hunger drove to a bad bargain
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                        Very likely places to find buds
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                        Disposable sneeze needs
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                        Budweiser without buzz
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                        Ex-Yankee and Ex-JLo squeeze, shortly
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                        The S of R.S.V.P.
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                        The original Ted TV
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                        Commonly believed to have a higher viscosity than water
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                        Alleviation of discomfort
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                        LIfeblood of a bookie
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                        Curved molding
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                        Bear lairs
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                        Elite name for raw meat in a restaurant
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                        Opposite of everybody
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                        Things that need to be constantly run
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                        Saintly quality
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                        Take in or let out
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                        Co-own
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                        Hockey player with a curved sword?
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                        Fragrant bush with light purple flowers
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                        In full view
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                        The fastest growing plants in most gardens
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                        Bikini's technical name
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                        Agreeable climbs
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                        Requirers of 45A
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                        Trending symbol
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                        Clear up a channel?
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                        Back out of a deal
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                        Rhur Valley industrial city
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                        How to see a bet
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                        Berry attributed powers far beyond its means
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                        Hall for Hull (Bobby)
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                        Teen terror
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                        Limerick language
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                        Common street
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                        Enough of these end up blinding you
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                        Partook of a repast
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                        Some find this on a carpet, I find mine on a couch
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