EZ Crosswords On The Grid Mystery Cache

Use the coordinates from the waypoint listed below (NOT those listed for the cache) as a starting point for solving.

There are four crossword puzzles to be solved. Each of them contains one of the four solution cells, which must be placed in the correct order to determine the a.bcd values to add to the origin point. Here are the steps:

1. Print out and solve the four puzzles. These are all taken from a children’s puzzle web site, so they should be fairly easy. You might even let kids, grandkids, etc. take the first crack at them.
2. If you get stumped on any words (no shame in that!), drop me an email indicating the puzzle(s) and word(s) you’re stuck on, and I’ll help.
3. Now the tedious part: In each puzzle there are several letters that only occur once in that puzzle solution. BUT, there is only ONE letter per puzzle (a different letter for each puzzle) that only occurs once, AND is used in only ONE word in the puzzle (either in an Across or Down word, but not in both). Find those four letters. The squares they are in are the solution squares, so note the letter and row and column numbers for each of them. IMPORTANT NOTE: Since these are 9x9 puzzles, you will notice that some puzzle grids are numbered from 0-8 and others from 1-9.
4. To order the four R,C pairs correctly to fill the a.bcd formulas, arrange the corresponding letters to form the call letters of a Huntington, WV talk radio station. TIP: Even if you have trouble finishing some of the puzzles, it MIGHT help you to go ahead and try this step anyway.
5. Use this information to find the actual cache location, based on details provided in "Get On The Grid".
6. Go find the cache! Once you get past all this puzzle mess, it should be a QEF (especially if you use the hint).

  PUZZLE #1

  PUZZLE #2

  PUZZLE #3

  PUZZLE #4

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