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#2 NYPD: Where's My Passport? Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/1/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. To find the cache, you must solve the following puzzle.

Each of the following sentences made sense until we removed some consecutive letters that spell, in order, the name of a country of the world. The removed letters, located in the blank spaces, may have been parts of 2 or more words, which may include proper names.

For example, "You can identify these bacil_____microscopic examination" can be answered by LIBYA (...bacilli by a...). The pronounciation of each country name is not relevant -- only its spelling. You need to restore the following country names to get the final cache coordinates:

1. I don't be _____mes of chance, only ones of skill (5 letters)

2. The numbers in the ma _____ gonals of this magic square have the same sum (5 letters)

3. Next on the Red Carpet _____ ey Mara, who had played the title character in the premiering film (8 letters)

4. A lo _____ omino was grazing in the pasture (5 letters)

5. That's a nor _____ x deduction that shouldn't trigger an audit (5 letters)

6. Pay _____ tomatically sends me an e-mail confirmation after each transaction (5 letters)

7. _____ ily exercise regimen lead to a longer life expectancy? (6 letters)

8.The sun _____ cht could be seen 30 m below on the ocean floor (5 letters)

9. Gros _____ s by a witness has seldom been seen by this court (6 letters)

10. Ma ha _____ a quandary over what anniversary gift to buy her (5 letters)

Now, take each word and using A=1, B=2, C=3 etc, determine a numerical value. Sum the word values to obtain "X", and use "X" in the following equation to get the final cache coordinates:

N 46 27.(X + 217) W 063 28.(X + 220)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

unatvat, RT

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)