Hint 2 – how to PSEUDO-Q!

This puzzle doesn’t have enough numbers filled in yet for you to be able to complete it – that wouldn’t be anywhere near extreme enough!

In order to complete the puzzle, you need to fill in the whole of the middle row. But the numbers you need have been encoded and hidden in a cryptic crossword-style clue.

Solve the clue and you will get three words. You will then need to convert this sequence of nine letters into a sequence of nine numbers.