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Lyra came home this afternoon!

I'd gone with my sister on her dog walk today and when we got back the printed missing posters had just arrived, so we were going to go out again to put them up after lunch. I was in the kitchen and there was a yowl. Lyra? I had to run around the worksurface to get to the kitchen door and my sister was just coming through, having checked the facebook groups.
There was Lyra in the conservatory, yowling!
(The conservatory door had been left open since Friday so Lyra could get inside and on her stand which has a bed underneath it, just in case she did come home.)
In she came and she was hungry and ate lots.
Other than that she's fine, unlike the time she went out lunchtime and came back late on the evening so damaged from a fight, presumably with another cat, that she had to go to the vets the next day.
This time she doesn't even seem to have lost weight. No missing teeth. Collar and tag still on. One claw slightly damaged but that outer bit will soon shed. Eyes bright, ears okay, no missing fur.
It's possible Lyra got locked in a shed or garage and someone's just come back from an Easter holiday and opened it back up.

When she'd eaten and had water and cuddles she ran straight back to the conservatory. No way was she getting back outside! She went on her stand that's in the conservatory window then back inside and ran around the house yowling and making sure everything was still in place. She's a very vocal cat anyway, but she has been meowling a lot.
Winter (husky) tried to say hello to cat!friend and Lyra beat her snout. Rufus was excited and I had to try and distract him a bit while Lyra explored.

At last Lyra sat in her bed in the front bay window, one of her favourite spots. Still meowing a bit to let us know she's back, and sniffing to make sure it was her bed, but then she went to sleep.
My sister had to spend a while notifying all the facebook groups, microchip company, etc, that Lyra is found. Then we went to go and buy cat food :)
Lyra will spend the night upstairs sleeping tucked by my sister's legs tonight, regardless of what brother-in-law says! (Because she's so loud and often awake at 5am and he works odd shifts, sometimes he puts her in the conservatory with the heated bed warmer and access to the garden, but she's lost her outdoor privileges for a few days!)

Thank you to everyone who sent good wishes and advice. I wasn't hopeful and even my sister was giving up hope after so long. So I shall take this as a Good Things Can Happen.