SELECT a.*
FROM fmt_answers_75 a
INNER JOIN users u ON
u.id = a.created_by
INNER JOIN persons p ON
p.id = u.person_id
WHERE 1 AND a.deleted = 0 AND a.archived = 0
AND ( p.firstname LIKE '%Aden%' OR p.lastname LIKE '%Aden%' OR p.othernames LIKE '%Aden%' )
AND a2.date_created LIKE '%2013-03-27%'
AND a3.question_id = 17264 AND (a3.value = 'Saadhuumaay' OR a3.value = 'Surgudud' OR a3.value = 'Unaa' )
AND a.value = 'Male'
first simplify the query to something like this and then just replace using positions. The where clause implies filter and