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Initial Christmas Mystery Cache

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natterjacktoad: Hallowe'en is here.....!!

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Hidden : 12/16/2010
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

A traditional Christmas game where the family can sit round trying to decode all the sets of initials! Each is a carol or well-known Christmas song.

*As a bonus, this cache contains clues for our puzzle caches Noah's Ark and Rainbow Cache*


IWICBCE - number of h's = A

MAW - number of t's = B

RTRNR - number of e's = C

ICUAMC - number of n's + number of d's = D

WITA - number of r's = E

OCAYF - number of l's + number of e's = F

WWYAMC - number of r's x number of y's = G

THATI - number of words with 3 letters = H

HYAMLC - number of letters in the fifth word = I

DDMOH - total number of letters / number of letters in 3rd word = J

WACIB - number of letters in 1st word / number of letters in last word = K

TFN - total number of letters = L

the rest of the clues use the traditional system where A=1, B=2 etc.

DTH - 2nd letter + 9th letter = M

AIWFCIY - 6th letter + 19th letter = N

GKW - 3rd letter - 15th letter = O

HTHAS - (8th letter + 13th letter) - (14th letter + 17th letter) = P

OLTOB - (18th letter / 14th letter) / number of letters in 4th word = Q

WTKOOA - (8th letter - 17th letter) / (number of words with two letters - number of words with four letters) = R

WSW - number of s's x number of words = S

OIRDC - (9th letter / last letter) + (first letter of 4th word - penultimate letter of 4th word) = T.

The cache can be found at; N51 0(C-D-E).(Q+T+F)(L-G-K)((A+B+N)-3) W000 4(M-O-R).(S+(P/I))((F-H)+1)(J+E).
Please re-cover well.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] Uvagf ninvynoyr [Cache] Fghzc

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)