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Riparian Worm (Auckland) Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/9/2008
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A literary puzzle cache. Can you solve it?

Don't go to the above coordinates — you'll get wet!

The real coordinates for the cache are:
S 37° 0a.bcd E 174° 5e.fgh

To work out each of the mystery digits from a to h, solve our literary puzzle! The clues below relate to classic novels with numbers in the titles.

Digit Clue
a American Psycho's 1985 outing
b A no-win situation; minus 15
c Montmerency drifts to Oxford
d Mustard gas and roses; plus 1
e McMurphy fights the system; minus 1
f Gascon gentleman and his mates
g Enoch Arnold's tale of the Staffordshire Potteries; minus 5
h Chavel redeems himself after the war; minus 3

The cache itself is a 2.3 litre container in a home-made camo bag, and should be a fairly easy find once you've worked out the coordinates. Access to the cache is possible seven days a week, but only between the hours of 07:00–21:00 during daylight savings, and 07:00–19:00 in the winter.

If you want to check your answer, take a butcher's at Geochecker.com.

FTF glory goes to funkymunkyzone on 10/06/2008. Congratulations!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Cache] Haqre gur oevqtr

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)