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TAP - MONSTERdoku Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/24/2007
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


Welcome to The Adventure Puzzle (TAP), this cache series consists of a number of puzzles, waypoints locations and research questions to ultimately solve one of the largest sudoku puzzles you have ever seen... MONSTERdoku.

Monsterdoku is not your standard 9x9 sudoku puzzle... this one is 36x36... it uses all the letters of the alphabet plus the numbers 0 thru 9. In order to solve the large puzzle the smaller puzzles, the waypoint locations and research questions will have to be completed.

The cache series is designed so the solver can choose whether to go all the way and try to solve the large puzzle or simply complete all or some the smaller puzzles and log their achievements onto geocaching.com

The geocaches in the series are:
TAP - Monsterdoku ( the large puzzle)
TAP - Fair Play
TAP - Greener Pastures
TAP - Zoom Zoom
TAP - Pump It Up
TAP - The Buffer Zone
TAP - The Good Side of Woodside

More information about this puzzle and the entire puzzle series can be found at www.puzzezzed.com

All geocaches are micro in size so please bring along your own writing utensil.

MONSTERdoku



Using the letters A thru Z and numbers 0 thru 9 complete this puzzle so no two letters or numbers are the same in every row, column or 6x6 square.

Upon completion of this puzzle use the coded message found in The Journey To The Final to find your way to the final cache location.







Journey to the Final

The end is near, once completing the Monsterdoku puzzle use the following gridcodes from that puzzle to acquire a coded message. Use information obtained within the Adventure Puzzle to solve the message.

Part One:

 

AA24 EA31 EC36 DB54 BA46 CC56 FA42 AD56 DE66 DC53 EC64 AC32
BD62 FC65 FE25 EB24 CE63 DA25 AC52 CB42 DB21 DA31 CC14 BC35
BB26 CA44 EF24 EE54 AC44 FC15 AD45 DC36 EA66 EE42 FE42 DE32
AA16 DB41 EC22 AC42 FF35 AF43 AE52 BE43 BB11 BE26 FD44 AE13
BF23 DA32 DC44 FB51 DA65 AE65 FE44 CA42 BF63 BB13 CC44 DC63
FA23 CF64 CC21 EC53 AA42 DF64 CD31 FD63 AF62 BF66 BB16 DE53
CD43 EF55 FE31 BE15 FE23 BC12 AF46 CD52 CA25 FA62 DA52 BD44
FA34 FD55 FE61 CF34 BF45 DD66 BC55 EE51 EA23 DD13 CA24 AB12
ED15 ED22 CD15 EB21 CB13 DC11 BF12 AB53 CE66 CA54 AA65 DE15
EA54 BB55 DF54 BD64 EC31 FE15 DA22 CF13 FA53 EF35 FA16 AB65
BC33 EA22 EA62 DC42 FE12 FC33 FC52 CC33 CB61 FD51 DE44 BF52
EE23 CD56 DB52 DF14 FA24 FF65 FD33 FA31 ED41 CD54 ED56 BA53
DA63 BA31 BE12 CA14 FF54 DB51 CE25 AB56 FB14 EC33 DF31





Part Two:

FQX VXCEQRFTBTF SXJ LQT TVWTD LPQUN TJN UBDBQ FRBS AWX KRL FRDXF

WXAR BOG, XBS FEG GWT TVDX KRL AVWX YRJS ENNXW


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ovt zncyr yvzo

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)