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CCC 3 Mystery Cache

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croquetmike: Regrettably I have to archive this cache as a consequence of lack of mobility.

It was fun trying to perplex you

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Hidden : 12/21/2009
Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Not at the above coordinates, which are for Christmas Hill.

CCC 3 = croquetmike's Christmas cache No.3. No further significance! This is the second of two for Christmas 2009. There are certificates for the first 10 finders.

On the first day of Christmas ...

Use the coordinates given below to eliminate 8 gifts and note the remaining 4.

N 52 26.940 W 002 07.296
N 51 07.398 W 002 50.913
N 51 28.360 E 000 02.372
N 51 47.720 E 001 06.878
N 51 00.722 W 001 02.125
N 51 29.162 W 001 08.417
N 50 57.534 W 000 12.484
N 51 12.155 W 001 58.840

Now write them in short singular form and in alphabetical order and use that as a keyword to decipher the first block of ciphertext. For example, if you are left with turtle doves, swans-a-swimming, maids-a-milking and drummers drumming (which you won't be!) you use the keyword dovedrummermaidswan. Oh! Did I mention that I might have made a few errors? The numbers in bold could be up to 10 different from the ones you should be looking at. Thus the 26 in line 1 could be anything from 16 to 36.

PSJRLOFUVZQXCKUVQFEZVNSGQSFAKYGXLIIZZVZAOKASAWQKPRZPBROUBCFI

FJTNRLPLXMGTJDAXLINGUZWPYPJPMJTAHPFFNAWKTVYACVIQJWKISTTFHIYBMFWCYPNLASKEJ

RRJBGDJOKSCEEFRTJWJWFSTPWMGCLWKLUTEYNGJLEKTVMNJF
JZVPRJTTTIXKKCUVWAWYVGKLKNOGYKRBSEILHMUDPQVAEFAD

Assume:
N 51 1x.xxx
W 000 3x.xxx


Check your solution

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Abar Pnpur: Ovt naq ubyl

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)