Hi all,
Answers are below.
Twenty-seven solo solvers and nine groups submitted correct answers before the deadline. Almost a record!
This week's winner, chosen at random among the solvers/groups, is Ken Stern of New York, NY.
The key to this meta was knowing what to do with the animals contained in the names of the people/characters.
A. Samin Nosrat
B. ?
C. Tiger Woods
D. Jessica Rabbit (Kathleen Turner in Who Framed Roger Rabbit?)
E. Daryl Dragon
F. Snake Plissken (Kurt Russell in the Escape From … movies)
G. BoJack Horseman (Will Arnett)
H. Goat Boy (Jim Breuer on SNL)
I. The Monkees
J. Rooster Cogburn (John Wayne in True Grit)
K. Snoop Dogg (Calvin Broadus Jr.)
L. Piggy (Danuel Pipoly in Lord of the Flies)
Those 11 animals mostly make up, in order, the Chinese Zodiac. What’s missing? On February 12, the Chinese New Year began, marking the transition to the Year of the Ox, which fills in the blank and is the meta answer. Hooves up for all my fellow Ox-birth-year folks.
(Or, rendered as OX, it’s a whimsically appropriate Valentine’s Day message to all the meta solvers out there.)
I'll be back in a few days with another (almost certainly less timely) meta.
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-RT