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Thorny Idioms Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/24/2009
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:


The above coordinates will take you to a parking lot of a very nice internet cafe for you to work on this puzzle!

Since I placed this cache some of the thorns have been cut back, then grow back and cut again. They may or may not present a problem.

Congratulations FTF to Frisbee'r and Hoppingcrow!

You don't have to guess where you are going, you can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

I have simplifyied the puzzle for it's one-year anniversary.
An idiom is an accepted phrase or expression that doesn't follow the usual language patterns. Phrases that when examined don't seem to make much sense, but are so common you don't question their source. “One good turn deserves another”, “Three sheets to the wind”, and “Six of one, half dozen of the other” are some examples—examples that contain numbers (1, 3 and 6 respectively)

In this puzzle cache, you are presented with common American Idioms (or not so common), lines in a song or other quotes, in which only the first letter of each keyword word is shown. Your job is to figure out what these common idioms are and which word from that phrase is part of the coordinates. If you need assistance, just contact me.

Cache is located at North AB° CD.EFG West HIJ° KL.MNO. Here’s the puzzle:
NORTH:
A) F___ letter word
B) S____ Days A Week

C) All for O__ and O__ for all
D) Take the F____

E) ZT
F) FFD
G) BTEB

WEST
H) There's more than O__ way to skin a cat
I) T__ peas in a pod
J) It takes T__ to tango

K) Lesser of T__ evils
L) A stitch in time saves N___

M) OAF
N) TTWNY
O) NTWAI

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr fvzcyvsvrq, whfg nfx zr vs lbh arrq uryc fbyivat.

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)