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listener 3963

midazolam | 10:05 Sat 05th Jan 2008 | Quizzes & Puzzles

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well the listener starts 2008 with ambiguity

are we meant to keep it or get rid of it?

it all depends how "down" is interpreted.......

Barber,Botterill Lester (Fill the gap)

Christmas quiz

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cruciverbali

No ambiguity - One Down refers to the treatment of all Down answers containing the letter 'i'

midazolam

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yes but that still could be taken either way - use it or lose it??

tinammcmahon

my initial thought was to use it...but now come to think of it down could be interpreted as gone and therefore not included

still i would keep it

midazolam

Question Author

my first instinct however was not to use it

cruciverbali

No, the position of each 'i' in every Down answer is to be changed - answer lengths are correct.

ichkeria

I don't see how one can reasonably call this puzzle ambiguous. Even if you read "down" as "out" how to you account for the cross-checking letters which have obviously moved up to accomodate the Is moving down?

midazolam

Question Author

there still remains three (or 4 see below) ways to answer this crossword

1. keep all the i in the down clues that have clashes (as in one down meaning use i or one in the down clues)

2. get rid of all the i in the down clues that have clashes (as in one down meaning gone)

3. the i is entered into the lower cell and the lower letter is moved up into the upper cell

however if you take 9 down stickinsects then you have an i that does not clash, in the preamble or message it does not say move the other letter up

so if this letter is kept the same you have a 4th possibility i.e

1. sticknnescts
2. stiikiisects
3. stciknisects
4. stiiknisects

sorry but too much ambiguity for me, i have only given an answer to a clue because the closing date is finished

to you it may be obvious

cruciverbali

Perhaps not obvious, but certainly consistent. I don't have this puzzle in front of me at the moment, but I'm sure that the only one of your four possibilities that could apply to all down clues is the third, namely every letter i in a Down answer is moved down one cell.

cruciverbali

http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/art s_and_entertainment/games_and_puzzles/article3 041665.ece

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