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Cipher Fun: Family Music Mystery Cache

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DrUsual: Archiving this; looks like it's no longer there, so I'll open up the area for someone else to place a cache.

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Hidden : 6/1/2008
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Cipher Fun: Family Music


This cache is part of my 2008 Puzzle Challenge.  The container is NOT at the posted coordinates.

While I was working on the encryption for this puzzle, Little Usual knocked over a shelf full of CD cases.  As we replaced them, her recent interest in alphabetical order surfaced.

"Shouldn't A for Alice Cooper come first?" she asked.

"Most record stores do it that way," I said.  "But Daddy is really anal about phonebook order, so first is Bowie-comma-David, then Cooper-comma-Alice, John-comma-Elton, and Mercury-comma-Freddie.  And you know what?  We could use their last names for the keyword of a cipher!"

"But what about him?" she asked, holding up a Meatloaf CD.

"He goes in front, of course," I said.

"And what's a 'record?'"

NFOMARVWLMLVRBAFIEDKAPPXZLEZGHWFGESRMYMN.


KUMATRKZJPLOCYWSVVEQOLNHJSKNRVVOLKWSW.

 


Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur: pnzb'q cvyy obggyr unatvat ba gur bhgre rqtr bs gur ovt gerr, gbjneq gur ohvyqvat. Nobhg 6' hc.

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)