Solve the spelling, grammatical or punctuation errors to find accurate clues to solve the crossword.

I defer to someone more skilled to know if the said errors are varied and confusing enough to produce a viable crossword.

On a simple didactic level, this tool would introduce crosswords but also expand editing ability.

The cut from pink scissors. (3,6)
-- wjt, Apr 16 2018

It's the cats lingerie. (1,1)
-- beanangel, Apr 16 2018


I bunned it for the concept, but I don't understand either of the examples shared so far.
-- notexactly, Apr 18 2018


While I know the answers to the two above, I'm not sure that they really fit with the "find the error" prescription...
-- neutrinos_shadow, Apr 18 2018


//The cut from pink scissors. (3,3)// The answer is: "redact" (red act)
What's my prize, and where is it?
-- xenzag, Apr 19 2018


So ... in [beany]'s example, there seems to be a missing apostrophe. What's that meant to suggest? I'm mystified.
-- pertinax, Apr 19 2018


you put the apostrophe in square 1, and the other 1 is for the pedant's correction length as a clue.

I interpreted "pink scissors" as pinking and "ing" is three letters long. "oh, you meant to write pinking scissors" So I would write "ing" which is three letters long in spot 3
-- beanangel, Apr 19 2018


Thank you.
-- pertinax, Apr 19 2018


[+] Thank you.
-- FlyingToaster, Apr 19 2018


Sorry my simple example had two errors (3,3) should have been (6)

[beanangel], strangely by my mistake your interpretation is better. So it should be (3,6). Thanks.

[xenzag], You win a prize promotion to the cryptic section.
-- wjt, Apr 20 2018


I still don't get how "The cut from pink scissors" means "redact". I understand redaction is a kind of cutting, and pink = red, but scissors = act?

I'm still not clear on the concept, either, even though I still like it either way. Is it that you have to correct the errors, and then it's a normal clue with a normal answer, or is it that you have to enter the corrections as part of the answer?
-- notexactly, Jun 21 2019


Trying to drag my clue and solution from the dried up neuron somewhere in those distant paths, simply, the error was miss'ing' and zigzag
-- wjt, Jun 21 2019


So I write "INGZIGZAG" in the grid?
-- notexactly, Jun 21 2019



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