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KenKen in the Kildonans Mystery Cache

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kildonan61: Returned to the park where this was hidden to check on it... Glad I came when I did as I saw a big bird of prey, possibly a great gray owl (couldn't get close enough to be sure).

If the cache is still there it's all but impossible to retrieve now. I think it's beyond time to free this park up for another cacher to hide a cache in anyway.

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Hidden : 12/5/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

A numbers puzzle a little different from Sudoku.

Do not go to the posted coordinates! You will be playing in traffic for nothing! To get the actual cache coordinates you must solve this KenKen puzzle (taken from the NY Times online). I managed to solve it without any aid, and challenge other cachers to do the same!

The rules of KenKen are:
1. Each row and each column must contain the numbers 1 through 8 without repeating. [Doesn't apply to all KenKens out there, but does to this one since it's an 8x8 puzzle.]
2. The numbers within the heavily outlined boxes, called cages, must combine using the given operation (in any order) to produce the target numbers in the top-left corners.
3. [I'm copying these rules from the Globe and Mail, looks like this one doesn't apply to this puzzle. Too bad.] Freebies: Fill in single-box cages with the numbers in the top-left corner.
4. [Special geocaching rule] Numbers ending up in boxes with letters in the lower-left corners are plugged into the cache coordinates below.

Cache coordinates are:

N 49° 5A.BCD

W 097° 0E.FGH

Good luck and have fun!

Congratulations to:

FTF: GG+J (with help from Zorro)
STF: Search & Enjoy
TTF: dani_carriere

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