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Smiley Sudoku Mystery Cache

Hidden : 10/18/2009
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

To learn how to solve sudoku puzzles, try the first four pages of this link: How Sudoku Works

The cache is not at the listed coordinates!
You might end up being a hood ornament if you go there.

Below is simple sudoku puzzle. Nothing fancy, no bells or whistles, no convoluted complications to tax your brain. Just a simple sudoku puzzle to make you smile. When you have solved the puzzle, take the numbers you have put in the boxes containing letters, and substitute them for the corresponding letters to find the final coordinates here:

(As of June 7, 2019, the sudoku solve is still the same, but make sure to do the little bit of extra math after you solve the sudoku puzzle! Took down the old checker to use the GC one for the final coords solve now.)

N 44 0A.BC[D - 1] W 089 3E.F[G + 2][H + 6]

This is a public hunting area, so wear blaze orange and take precautions
if you search for this cache during hunting season.



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The Geocache Notification Form has been submitted to Justine Hasz of the Wisconsin Rapids office of the Wisconsin DNR. Geocaches placed on Wisconsin Department of Natural Resource managed lands require permission by means of a notification form. Please print out a paper copy of the notification form, fill in all required information, then submit it to the land manager. The DNR Notification form and land manager information can be obtained at: http://www.wi-geocaching.com/hiding

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Znxr fher gb qb gur yvggyr ovg bs rkgen zngu nsgre lbh fbyir gur fhqbxh chmmyr! oynpx-gncrq cvyy obggyr, jrfg fvqr bs ynetr cvar gerr, guerr srrg 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)