Where's That Cat?

Nice one! Ahhh... that explains some of the cluing. ;)

Thanks, Wendy! That was fun.

I remember the answer from when I did this puzzle a while ago, but I have no idea what the mechanism is.

For some reason I thought I would know this but I didn't! Thanks for the fun puzzle, Wendy!

Thanks, Wendy!

Almost forgot what the answer was and how to reach it -- whew, remembered! Did not want to provoke a certain fluffer! ᓚᘏᗢ

I remembered the path! Brain is still functioning.

I once had a dog named Typo. Thanks for the puzzle.

Took 2 tries, because I can't read numbers, apparently (mixed up 28A for 31A). Thought PATISA was kind of a strange name, but then I thought, well, it is Wendy's cat. Thanks for the puzzle.

This puzzle was LIT

I took a bit longer to submit cause I wanted to make sure... also I fell through a few rabbit holes, but I was eventually able to CATch on to the metanism... I deserve any and all boos

I will never cease to be amazed by you smarties and your coming up with ideas and your making puzzles your getting new ideas from other puzzles and... I'm just sad and frustrated I can't get off the starting block, but thats a me problem, ill just have to get used to being less than mediocre at puzzles

(Also, didn't ALF eat cats?... this is why I can't have nice things, I have to ruin it all)

Ha, I wondered if this was the one you were talking about. Still fun the second time around, thanks. :)

Fun, thanks!

Well I spent a little time looking under CARS for that cat! (There are three CARs in the puzzle: under the first I found Eli, under the third I found Ike… but under the 2nd was E_T. (Elie Tike?). Nope. ( : THEN there was of course a couch in the puzzle, and I looked both on and under that. On the PDF, the word “sofa” (IKEA clue) has “a tab” on top of it. A tabby cat? Nope. And then there were POLECA(t)S and TWEE(t)IE birds, as well other animals… Sylvester?? Finally spotted CAT in two clues close together (15A, 16A) and SMH. So simple. Thanks for the fun!

What’s the informal cat name?

Others in the litter - Concer and Argen

What a fun puzzle, and inspiring as well. Stay tuned for next week's dual constructed puzzle that was inspired by this one.

Very cute and cuddly meta here...It took a fresh look and then I realized what the metanism had to be - and it was indeed, a CLOWDER of cats, all symmetrically placed.

Geebus. Can't believe it took me that long!

Doh!!! I saw an early version of this and completely failed. This time around my brain was in gear. But wow. How on earth do you get from that to Mark? .... Ohhhh! your OTHER furry friend.

Thanks Wendy. Just saw this on Crosshare, so thought I’d give it a go. Did you take Patina down to the Outer Banks on VACATION? After P-A-T was reminded of Patches, first cat from lo so many years ago!