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Wolfpack Puzzle #3 - Geocaching Sudoku Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/5/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the listed coordinates, but is within 2 miles of them, and can be driven to. Solve the puzzle below to get the coordinates for the cache. I love word and number puzzles. This is part of a series of puzzle caches.

This puzzle is a Sudoku. (If you aren't familiar with Sudoku puzzles, google it and try a few simple ones first.) Unlike the typical 9x9 grids that you see in the newspaper sudokus, this is a 16x16 grid.

The objective is to fill the 16x16 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the sixteen 4x4 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 16.

In addition, the same number may not appear twice in the same row or column or in any of the sixteen 4x4 sub-grids.

Once you have solved the sudoku, you will then have to figure out which numbers from the sudoku grid make up the missing digits of the coordinates:

The coordinates are:
North AB CD.EFG
West H0J K0.LM0

(Note that the "0" in the above coordinates are actually the number zero.)

A = 162
B = 43
C = 209
D = 57
E = 127
F = 112
G = 246
H = 94
J = 178
K = 132
L = 5
M = 187

CONGRATULATIONS TO ColoradoTrekker FOR THE FTF!

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fgneg jvgu jung lbh nyernql xabj gb or gehr.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)