Leave My "Worthy Pun Alone!" Mystery Cache

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Team Yofa: I think it's time to retire the old girl. This puzzle was based on the idea that some words, when ROT13ed, turn into other words.

CLERK is to PYREX
as
ABBA is to NOON
JUNG is to WHAT
CHERYL is to PURELY

There were two hints on the page:
1) If you toggle the ROT13 on the Additional Hints section by pressing the Encrypt/Decrypt link repeatedly, you'd see "nowhere" turn to "abjurer" and back again.
2) The title "Worthy Pun Alone" is an anagram of "noon", "what", and "purely"

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Hidden : 3/13/2007
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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Geocache Description:

NOTE: The listed coordinates are NOT the position of the cache. You must solve the puzzle below to determine the actual coordinates of the cache.

Welcome to Team Yofa's first cache. Ready? Let's dig in...
 

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 is to

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as is to   1)  _ _ _ _ 
and is to   2)  _ _ _ _ 
and is to   3)  _ _ _ _ _ _ 

And now comes time to compute those coordinates, so sharpen those pencils. In the notation [x, n], the x refers to the answer number (1 through 3) above, and the n refers to that answer's nth letter. For instance [1, 3] is the 3rd letter of the 1st answer. Each of these letters needs to be converted into its numerical order in the alphabet (A=1, B=2, . . . Z=26) so that you can perform the following subtractions:

A = [3, 2] - [2, 4] B = [3, 6] - [2, 4] C = [2, 1] - [1, 2] D = [1, 3] - [2, 2]
E = [2, 1] - [3, 1] F = [1, 2] - [1, 1] G = [2, 2] - [2, 3] H = [2, 4] - [3, 5]

The cache is located at N37° 4A.BCD, W121° 4E.FGH
Checksum: A+B+C+D+E+F+G+H = 44

Optional: In addition to the coordinates checksum (above) is another checksum. This second checksum (poorly hidden on this page) can possibly help you complete the written-in answers, if you have at least one answer already (though you probably won't need any of this).

And finally, after solving this puzzle cache, you'll know exactly what/how to write in the log. :-) The cache is hidden in a narrow way. Please close securely and replace exactly as you found it.

FTF went to geodaminal. Cache initially contained:

  • A FTF certificate
  • A 2" diameter non-trackable coin.
  • Small metal 2007 Team Yofa tokens
  • Various toys

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fvyyl zr, V jebgr pbqr gb uryc pbzchgr guvf chmmyr. Ohg unq V purpxrq Tbbtyr svefg, V jbhyq unir sbhaq bguref unq nyernql qrevirq gur arrqrq erfhygf. Naljnl, lbhe ebg13rq uvag vf (va n jbeq) "abjurer".

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)


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