Mail On Sunday Prize Crossword

[FireyColin]

They are asking to the solution to 'I Spy'. Anybody know what they are looking for?

[dannyk13]

The number of i's in the solution.

[mac44]

count how many Is in finished grid.

[lindapalmara]

Think you are getting mixed up with the Sir Lancelot puzzle. You do it and count the Is

[Littlegem]

How many letter I's appear in the crossword answers

[BigMac]

Count how many times the letter 'I' appears.

[FireyColin]

Many thanks all. I couldn't see where it explained that.

[wyddfa]

Right at the bottom, together with how to enter etc

[whitehill]

It's laziness on the part of MoS - they don't have to check every answer in the grid, just one number at the end. And they make money out of you because you have to pay extra to text or phone and they get a share of that

[puzzler1]

How can we complain about this? It means I can't send in the Bare Bones and Prize crossword anymore as they back onto each other. I don't have the ability to text.

[MargoTester]

Puzzler - it look to me that if you cut along the line of the prize crossword you would still have the whole bare bones one one the back. Just put a note in to that effect or if poss photocopy one side. Others must have the same problem

[Millycat]

You can still enter by post at the usual address.

[blue-yonder]

Should the answer to 1a be accent"and not accents,although are diacritical
marks allowed in crosswords?

[MargoTester]

It tells you at the bottom of the page under here's how to enter

[Baldric]

OP from Jan 25th reckon he knows by now!