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Gabriel who? Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 9/12/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is hidden in the western part of Yuba City, but not at the posted coordinates. To determine the location of the hide, you must address the puzzle below.

1. Gabriel's book about solitude (+21)
2. "Brothers and sisters, we are here tonight to fight the _____" (-1)
3. "I want to join your happy band / And play all day in the Promised _____" (-3)
4. he wrote "Gabriel's Wing" in 1935 (3rd letter, +1)
5. the new arrival in the fearthefish family [alternate clue: NFL MVP in 1969] (+1)
6. another name for Torricelli's trumpet (1st word, 3rd letter)
7. Gabriel first appears in the "Book of _____" (-1)
8. Gabe starred in the TV series "Welcome back, _____" (-2)
9. in LDS theology, Gabriel and _____ are the same individual (2nd letter)
10. Gabriel's musical instrument in "Paradise Lost"
11. Copland referred to him as "the Brahms of France" (-1)
12. Heimdall will sound this, announcing the onset of Ragnarok (9th letter)
13. a leader of Metis resistance in Saskatchewan in 1870s and 1880s (-3)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

yrggre B = mreb

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)