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Clover Fly Mystery Cache

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firstbass: I would be grateful to the next finder for removing the cache.

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Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


THE CACHE IS NOT AT THE POSTED COORDINATES!

AND THE CACHE NAME HAS BEEN CHANGED...

...by Gipper Tore of the Parents' Geocaching Resource Center!

The original cache name suggested adult themes that the PGRC believes are not appropriate for geocachers of all ages. Therefore, the PGRC has censored it and replaced the first word of the original cache with an anagram of that word, creating a cache name that adheres to the standards that the PGRC would like to impose on the entire geocaching community.

The PGRC has also relocated the cache, those party poopers! But you can restore the original coordinates of the cache as follows:

Think of the decimal minutes of north and west of the posted coordinates as a six-digit number (ABCDEF, where the posted coordinates are N44 58.ABC W093 14.DEF).

Apply to ABCDEF the same permutation that you apply to CLOVER in order to restore the intended cache name. Then apply that same permutation to the digits a SECOND TIME. The result is the decimal minutes of north and west of the final coordinates.

Take a stand and assert your First Amendment Geocaching rights!

Be principled and get rich at the same time: gift card for the first to find.

Bonus points to bearded and/or sharp dressed people posting photographs of themselves at the cache site.
This cache fulfills the logging requirement for King Boreas' Jukebox Hero cache (GC14C5W).
For the mathematically interested, the permutation that you applied to CLOVER twice is an order-four permutation in the symmetric group S_6, meaning that if you apply the permutation to CLOVER four times, you get back to CLOVER. There are 6! = 720 different permutations of six letters. I believe that only one of them turns CLOVER into a different English word.

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

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