Crossword Cipher Mystery Cache
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NOTE: The listed coordinates are NOT the position of the cache. You must solve the puzzle below to determine the actual coordinates of the cache.
This is not your standard crossword puzzle. The eight given letters are a clue as to how to properly fill in the rest:
| Across: |
| 5 |
not kith but kin (3 words) |
| 12 |
cut short |
| 13 |
fiber in your IT diet |
| 14 |
"Mesa busten wit happiness seein yousa again, ___" |
| 15 |
quality of silence |
| 16 |
definitely an article |
| 17 |
vexes |
| 18 |
tee you |
| 19 |
Cantor's theory |
| 20 |
"She flies with her own wings" |
| 21 |
1st note |
| 24 |
you can't account for this |
| 26 |
PRNDL |
| 29 |
try before you buy |
| 31 |
discount (2 words) |
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| Down: |
| 1 |
stare |
| 2 |
Pollard's algorithm for integer factorization |
| 3 |
G3, E4, C4 chime |
| 4 |
stupefied |
| 5 |
spices |
| 6 |
dueling blade |
| 7 |
inclined |
| 8 |
last degree |
| 9 |
its cast |
| 10 |
coxswain directed propulsion |
| 11 |
guitar effect |
| 22 |
C64 color via the 4 key |
| 23 |
a mild oath |
| 25 |
verbatim |
| 27 |
slippery |
| 28 |
Adam's loss |
| 29 |
infernal metropolis |
| 30 |
___ In Tights |
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N 37 39 . {8D3, 5A1, 28D1, 22D1, 18A1, 14A1, 5A5, 4D1, 31A5, 1D6, 6D3, 5D1}
W 121 48 . {26A1, 23D1, 28D3, 1D1, 3D2, 3D3, 5A9, 23D1, 17A2, 19A2, 28D3, 24A3, 29D3, 5D4, 25D2, 11D6}
You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.
What follows is not needed to solve this puzzle, but in case you didn't know, the design in the above crossword cipher is an alien from the late 70s Space Invaders arcade game. For fun, I've been recently resurrecting classic video game characters by rotating and gluing together many Rubik's cubes (both full and keychain sized):
Why? 'Cause that's the way Team Yofa rolls.
First to find went to fizzymagic
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
Unatvat, ~ 4 srrg hc.