"This new puzzle, it needs to be simple...
y'know, unless we make it really hard.**" mused el bandito as
bandita scribbled in her puzzle magazine.
"I can make a logical, straightforward,
simple one that even non-puzzle-nerds can solve," she replied,
showing bandito the magazine. "We can make one like this. I figure
it’s about ½* difficulty."
"There’s no ‘half-star diff’!"
"It’s easy! No ambiguities, no white text, no
foreign numerals, no sheep! Half a star!!"
"That’s not even an option," exclaimed
bandito.
"OK, OK, one star."
Bandito gave her that look that Ricky used to
give Lucille. "Make the puzzle, please, bandita, and I will put the
finishing touches on the page. Attributes, stars, and all the
rest."
At that moment, bandita was distracted by something on a website
geared toward 9 year olds, and she let the matter drop.
**He actually said this, in reference to something
else, by the way.
The letters in this crossword grid are encrypted. Each number
(1-26) represents a different letter, and each letter of the
alphabet will be used at least once. The charts will help you keep
your letters and numbers straight. When you've solved the puzzle,
turn the letters back into numbers to find the cache
coordinates.
Note: One or two, maybe three, of the words contained in the puzzle
may not be words recognized by Merriam-Webster. However, they are
common terms in geospeak. Therefore, consider words recognized by
your Scrabble dictionary plus geospeak terms when solving this
puzzle.
N 32° NMWD W 097° KEN
You can check your answer for this enigma
here.