Cryptic Mystery Cache
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The cache is not at the given coordinates.
The given coordinates are for the site of the Wapping printing plant that was until recently where The Times and other newspapers were printed.
This place was notorious around 1986 as the site of the 'Wapping Dispute' when News International relocated its printing operation from Fleet Street to here, leading to a year-long strike by print workers.
The cryptic crossword is my favourite part of most newspapers.
The cache is at N 51 ° AB.CDE W 000 ° FG.HIJ
Each square of the puzzle can be expressed as AxDy where the x is the column number and y is the row number, counted from the top left-hand corner.
For example, the square A6D3 has the number 9 in it in the grid.
Use the letter position of the letter in the squares given below (A=1,Z=26)
So if A6D3 has the letter M, then it has value 13.
A = A8D1 - A4D13
B = A2D8 - A11D11
C = A7D8- A6D1
D = A8D5 - A7D13
E = A8D10 - A13D8
F = A1D6 - A3D2
G = A12D1 - A12D12
H = A4D11 - A6D3
I = A11D7- A5D4
J = A9D6 - A2D2
Across
3. Glued into place crossways. (9)
8. Rearranged clothes to collect TB. (4)
9. Its a commercial choice to take over from someone else. (8)
10. Unabashedly lidless. (6)
13. Didn't take anything away. (5)
14. Statue I moved into place. (7)
15. Long-necked writer. (3)
16. Sir Kit went round the series here. (7)
17. CITO? (5)
21. What is at the end of the rainbow? (6)
22. Freedom to go North and South. (8)
23. Slump or streak? (4)
24. Site grand resort on slopes. (9)
Down
1. Muggles have this.(9)
2. Good places to go for dates. (9)
4. All fingers and thumbs underwater showing all's well. (5)
5. Nice goo mixed in cache. (7)
6. In art gallery nothing replaces a bag. (4)
7. Left behind in knotted rope. (4)
11. Repaired slate tile up there. (9)
12. Re-enable tree saint. (9)
14. The collection of jellies is. (3)
15. Two old Scots together for a snap. (7)
18. Occurred in a flash. (5)
19. Reasonably light-headed fun? (4)
20. Sounds like you got charged for geocaching success. (4)
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Chapgher