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just a question mark in a sea of smiley faces Mystery Cache

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CacheViewer: Since the current owner has made no status change or updates on this geocache in a timely fashion following the previous Reviewer Note/Disabled Log, this listing is being ARCHIVED. You may request that this listing be unarchived by email, as provided below, once you have addressed the issue of previous note and as long as it meets the current Listing Guidelines.

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Hidden : 3/6/2013
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Posted coords might be good for getting hit with a truck, but the cache isn't there.

Because everybody loves puzzles...

(please note that the extra fun bonus of GC3D7AP will not apply to this cache until after it has been found)

Coords for cache are N 46 07.??? W 60 09.??? to figure out the question marks, solve the puzzle.


Mostly everyone's heard of sudoku. Stupid little 9x9 grid that you fill up with numbers so all the digits are in all the rows and columns and little 3x3 squares.

Kids' stuff.

Imagine a 25x25 grid, with letters instead of numbers. OOH now we're getting somewhere...

In the following grid, insert the letters A through Y so that the conditions of sudoku hold true. That is one of each letter appears in every row, column, and five by five grid. Next, assign numerical values to the letters that are in the blocks coloured ? based on their numerical order. So A is 1, B is 2, and so on. If the number is more than one digit, use the difference between the digits, so J would be 1, K is 0, L is 1, M 2, etc. Use these numbers left to right, top to bottom to solve the puzzle. There is no secret hidden puzzle. Everything you need to do is EXPLICITLY written on this cache page. Follow the directions and you should have no trouble.

Also I would like to point out that cache is a micro in the woods. Good luck!





Additional Hints (Decrypt)

gur oybpx ba gur gbc evtug pbeare vf G

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)