Checkmate (Chris Barbee)
◆◆ · By DrTom · Published almost 2 years ago
Meta Prompt
Satisfaction comes from both the meta answer and the meta title
I asked Chris Barbee if he could help us out with a MEOW and almost before you knew it he had this beauty. It is a bit tricky (how it gets it's Calico+ rating) but certainly doable; plus the AHA is a chuckle. Oh, and in case you are wondering, it has nothing to do with Ben's CHECKMATE MEOW from last week, it is just that great minds think alike!
Kitten
CALICO/Persian
Puma
Lion
Nudges will be posted late Friday or early Saturday
Reveal will be on Tuesday AM
OK, Nudges...
Nudge 1] The Title, The Title, The Title...what is it telling you to look for?
Nudge 2] Clue 1A was intended to be a "foothold". It probably would have been better if it did not have the "you" at the end
The REVEAL!!!!
Checking for mate inside clues (as 1A was intended to nudge) shows that clues 14, 21, 37, 41, 49 and 72 all have "mate" hidden in their text. The first letters of the answers to those clues spell out JAGGER. That, in what was hoped to be a funny "AHA", was the source of "Satisfaction".
If you prefer a graphic depiction of the reveal go to: https://www.xword-muggles.com/viewtopic.php?p=136701#p136701
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