This is a mystery cache. The listed coordinates are NOT for the
final cache. You must solve the puzzle below to determine the final
coordinates. The final coordinates are within 2 miles of the listed
coordinates. Parking is northeast of this winter friendly
cache.
RASH Puzzles Rules: The clues are mixtures of components
(words or syllables) that, when verbally replaced with appropriate
counterparts, will integrate into answers that correspond to the
puzzle’s theme.
- Relatives are like things. Apples and oranges
are relatives in the fruit family; Cupid and Blitzen are relatives
in Santa’s reindeer; Mars and Jupiter are relatives in the
family of planets.
- Antonyms are opposites: black and white, will
and won’t, now and then.
- Synonyms are different words with similar
meanings: yellow and amber, cold and brisk, trash and rubbish, near
and close.
- Homophones/homonyms. Homophones are pronounced
the same, have different meanings, and may or may not have the same
spelling: merry, marry and Mary. Homonyms have the same spelling
and pronunciation but different meanings: bank (edge of a river,
carom, or depository).
Here are a few explanatory notes to help you solve:
- If you can get a part of a clue, you can usually reason through
the twisted combination of “nyms” to get the whole
answer.
- Some of the homonyms are not exact. For example,
“day” may be as close as we could get to
“Dave.” Such rough homonyms are denoted in italics to
alert the solver to beware.
- Hyphens separate single-syllable clues. For example, Gas-yuk
could translate to Air (synonym for gas) – ick (synonym for
yuk). This results in Eric (translating the appropriate
homophones).
- Multiple words with no space constitute a single syllable or
word. (For example, foursidedfigure could be replaced by square,
rhombus, rectangle, etc.)
- Underlined words or letters are not replaced; they are left
as-is. (For example, the stays as the.)
In this RASH puzzle, the elements correlate to four different,
but related themes. The identifiers: 1st,
2nd, 3rd and 4th
are used as placeholders for the four theme words. Most of the
elements have an obvious correlation to a theme and some are more
indirectly related. Each element correlates to only one theme.
Elements with the same superscript (like the A in
elementA) are related to each other. The grouping of
these superscripted elements will help you solve.
POTPOURRI
Determine the coordinates from the following observations about
the correct answers to the 60 RASH elements.
A = The number of times the letter J occurs in the
60 elements.
B = The number of times the letter W occurs in the
60 elements.
C = The number of elements that include a
reference to a non-fictional person.
D = How many elements associate with the 1st
theme.
E = How many elements associate with the 2nd
theme.
F = How many elements associate with the 3rd
theme.
G = How many elements associate with the 4th
theme.
North:
42
(A * C) + B - A
(C * C * D) + C + D + F
West:
071
B + C + G
(E * F) - F - G
You can check your answers for this puzzle on
Geochecker.com.