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Puzzle Power #3 ~ Watching the Detectives Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 3/10/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Girl-Power is a group of enthusiastic female puzzle cachers who will hopefully get your brains working and your minds active whilst having some fun out caching and at home working out the puzzles.

This set of caches is a group of 16, 15 to solve and a bonus (Puzzle Power #1) for anyone who manages to find all 15, happy hunting.


**Well done 208Buccaneers on your well earnt FTF**

The cache is not at the stated co-ordinates, you have to solve the puzzle to find the final co-ordinates

The following are famous fictional detectives. To find the coords you will need to turn detective and solve the questions to find the final location of the cache.

Letter Question Answer
A. In what season of Cagney & Lacey was the episode called Matinee? = A
B. What is the middle number of the gun carried by Sharon McCone? = B
C. What is the age of the woman Laura Thyme’s husband left her for minus the number of episodes from 2003-2006 of the ITV Series Rosemary & Thyme? = C
D. In Santa Teresa, Homicide + Burglar – Judgement = D
E. At what age did Sam Spade get married? Add the two digits together = E
F. What is the first initial of the author who created a larger than life female detective who opened her own detective agency which had a very cool name? = F ~ Use the format A = 1, B = 2 etc.
G. Add together the first two digits of the number plate of the Ford Escort Cabriolet driven by Pru Standfast in the first season of CATS EYES the LWT Series which was a spin off from The Gentle Touch? = G
H. The number in the title of the first short story collection Miss Marple ever appeared in minus the total number of novels (not including short stories) she appeared in? = H
I. How many letters are there in the Christian name of the character created by AK Green who was often referred to as the ‘Mother of Detective Novels?’ This character is usually referred to by her middle name, you need her first name? = I
J. Lady Molly of Scotland Yard featured in a story of The Man in the Inverness Cape. Add together the two digits in number of the house in Findlater Terrace, which Lady Molly kept a close eye on? = J

The final location is:
N57 AB.CDE W003 FG.HIJ

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

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gung byq snibhevgr gur zhygv gehaxrq gerr

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)