[andromeda]

Agents Andromeda and FitzKaos were on their way to meet a man that had some valuable information stored on a microchip. The rendezvous place was at that person’s apartment.

The door to his apartment was unlocked. When they got in, even though the place was in dark, it was evident that somebody got to the man before they managed to. The apartment was thoroughly searched and the man was lying dead on the ground on his back.

“What now?” Andromeda was worried. “Do you think he’d given them the chip?”

“No idea...” Fitz was reserved in making assumptions. “Let’s just look around before we call it in.”

“Look where? I don’t even know where to start?!” Andromeda was annoyed.

“Well let’s start here” said Fitz as he picked up a paper off the floor.

“This is not the right time to solve crossword puzzles” said Andromeda while Fitz was still looking at the paper ignoring his partner.

“Look!” Fitz pointed at the paper with his flashlight.

“Well... the good news is, the chip is still here! The bad news is one of us has to get it?! So... paper, scissors, rock?” Andromeda asked with a grin.

“I don’t think so” Fitz smiled, “I solved the puzzle you get the chip!”

Where is the chip?

No... you don't need to solve the entire crossword puzzle, in fact you don't need to add a single letter to the puzzle

[Izzy]

A 1

B 1

C 1

D 1

E 1

F 1

G 1

H 3

I 3

J 1

K 1

L 1

M 3

N 1

O 3

P 1

Q 1

R 1

S 1

T 2

U 1

V 1

W 3

X 3

Y 1

Z 1

Not exactly sure what that means, but the repeated letters are H I M O T W X.

Also, if you step far away from the computer screen and look at the black square, you can see the letter "F".

[andromeda]

A 1

B 1

C 1

D 1

E 1

F 1

G 1

H 3

I 3

J 1

K 1

L 1

M 3

N 1

O 3

P 1

Q 1

R 1

S 1

T 2

U 1

V 1

W 3

X 3

Y 1

Z 1

Not exactly sure what that means, but the repeated letters are H I M O T W X.

Also, if you step far away from the computer screen and look at the black square, you can see the letter "F".

Well all those letters are there for a good reason, and the F from far away is just a coincidence

[Izzy]

I get the feeling I have to anagram them.. But.. I can't find anything.

Involve hitting the dead guy?

[Guest]

[spoiler='question

']do you have to rearange the letters at all?

[andromeda]

I get the feeling I have to anagram them.. But.. I can't find anything.

Involve hitting the dead guy?

No anagrams and no hitting the dead guy

[spoiler='question

']do you have to rearange the letters at all?

Not really

Edited December 20, 2008 by andromeda

[Guest]

And I think that is important.

[Guest]

Not really

No anagrams and no hitting the dead guy

does that mean no or a little bit?

[Izzy]

connecting letters to make a picture?

[Guest]

the letter "L" is the last letter of "3 down" and "5 across" significant?

[Guest]

I noticed that there is every letter in the puzzle. is this important or not?

[andromeda]

And I think that is important.

No... I don't think so (I checked ten times )

does that mean no or a little bit?

OK then No!

connecting letters to make a picture?

Nope...

the letter "L" is the last letter of "3 down" and "5 across" significant?

Nah...

I noticed that there is every letter in the puzzle. is this important or not?

Well kinda is and isn't (it's hard to explain, when you see the solution you'll understand

)

[Guest]

haha i'm in an andromeda puzzle

but i'm not quite sure how i solved it... <_< haha

[Guest]

HAHA! So far we've established....

Yep, nothing.

We know that we don't need to add letters or solve the entire puzzle.

We know that we don't need to anagram.

We know that the numbered positions usually associated with a crossword puzzle aren't specifically important.

We know that the letters that repeat are there for a reason. (duh)

We're looking for some method, that should be inherent in the puzzle itself, of linking individual letters into words. We could possibly be looking for a way to eliminate letters from the puzzle as that hasn't been mentioned yet.

*sigh*

:Grayven wonders silently if the blacked out squares are significant in their placement and/or number:

[Guest]

maybe

every letter that appears more than once we aliminate... or vice versa

[andromeda]

HAHA! So far we've established....

Yep, nothing.

We know that we don't need to add letters or solve the entire puzzle. correct

We know that we don't need to anagram. correct

We know that the numbered positions usually associated with a crossword puzzle aren't specifically important. correct

We know that the letters that repeat are there for a reason. (duh) correct

We're looking for some method, that should be inherent in the puzzle itself, of linking individual letters into a words. nicely worded and yes

We could possibly be looking for a way to eliminate letters from the puzzle as that hasn't been mentioned yet. nope

*sigh*

:Grayven wonders silently if the blacked out squares are significant in their placement and/or number: nah... just there for decoration and to mislead

maybe

every letter that appears more than once we aliminate... or vice versa no, that won't be necessary

Check your spoilers and now we know a whole bunch of things that you shouldn't do!

[Guest]

he was eating alphabet soup when the intruders came in. The one detective that lost the bet will have to open his stomache to get the chip.

I've got the answer

[andromeda]

he was eating alphabet soup when the intruders came in. The one detective that lost the bet will have to open his stomache to get the chip.

I've got the answer

I like the answer very creative but no

Phew... for a second there before I opened your spoiler I thought you really got it

[Guest]

in the answer...

use all the letters in the crossword?

Edited December 20, 2008 by roller

[andromeda]

in the answer...

use all the letters in the crossword?

No

[Izzy]

Do we only use the repeated letters?

[Guest]

Is it

In his poop?

[andromeda]

Do we only use the repeated letters?

Some of them.

Is it

In his poop?

No... where do you get this stuff?

[Guest]

Is it

In his poop?

?????

[Guest]

?????? ate the chip????

[Guest]

?????? ate the chip????

whered you get that? and if he ate it it would be in his intestines and be very hard and discusting to get out.