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Fill in the Blanks Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/25/2007
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:


Fill in the Blanks

Cache is not at the posted coordinates - you must solve the puzzle to find the actual coordinates

Solving this puzzle is as easy as filling in the blanks with the words associated with the given numbers. Once you've filled the blanks, count up the number of letters in the answer to calculate the correct coordinates.

For example:

 24 h___ in a d___.
The correct answer is "24 hours in a day" so adding up the number of letters gives you 5 (hours) + 3 (day) for the answer 8

Got it? Good. Let's go!


Part 1

A: 1 s________ s________

B: 3 m________ a c________

C: 12 m________ in a y________

D: 24 n________ on the c________ J________ G________ d________

E: 31 f________ at B________ R________

F: 49 h________ that t________ the l________ of the g________ c________

G: 50 w________ to l________ your l________


Part 2

H: 52 c________ in a p________ d_______

I: 55 what S________ H________ can't d________

J: 66 o________ h________ that c________ C________ and L________ A________

K: 80 i________ that r________ from S________ F________ to N________ J________

L: 99 b________ of b________ on the w________

M: 108 C________ h________ that c________ S________ P________

N: 120 s________ h________ v________


Part 3

O: 126 f________ u________ in an I________ c________

P: 144 n________ of i________ in a g________

Q: 150 y________ in a s________

R: 168 h________ in a w________

S: 175 c________ in s________ q________

T: 180 d________ in a t________

U: 212 t________ at which w________ b________


Part 4

V: 222 r________ n________ in a K________ V________ s________

W: 225 f________ s________

X: 250 q________ of a t________

Y: 256 t________ to the e________ p________

Z: 286 I________ p________ from the 1980s

AA: 300 s________ in a p________ g________ in b________

AB: 301 p________ g________ p________ with d________


Part 5

AC: 350 m________ c________ C________ s________ b________ e________

AD: 366 d________ in a l________ y________

AE: 395 h________ that p________ between the l________ and h________ p_______ in C________

AF: 451 c________ a________ a________ t________ of p________

AG: 496 C________ S________ L________ n________of the S________ H________

AH: 505 m________ n________ of s________ l________ j________ made by L________ S________

AI: 510 A________ n________ for the N________ B________


Checksum of all answers: 786


Note: Coords changed slightly - see corrections in red


Final coordinates are N 38 ab.cde, W 122 fg.hij where:
ab=O-P-Q+R+S-T+U
cd=A+AC+AE+P-W-K-V
e=A+B+C-D-E+F-G-O+P

fg=H-I+J+K-L-M+N+AF-AE
h=AF+AG+AH-AC-AD-AE-AI-B
ij=V+W-X-Y-Z-AA+AB+F

I strongly suggest that you verify coords with me once you've solved the puzzle :)

As an incentive to solve this puzzle, I've placed a pretty cool FTF prize - an unregistered 2007 Compass Rose geocoin. These sold out almost instantly, but I managed to grab one for this cache.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Purpxfhzf: Cneg 1 = 127 Cneg 2 = 173 Cneg 3 = 124 Cneg 4 = 130 Cneg 5 = 232

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)