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Drowssorc - a puzzle cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/22/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The listed location is in a foul-smelling marsh; don't go there.

Solve the crossword puzzle below to find the actual coordinates. I used greyish squares in the grid to save ink. If you prefer more traditional black squares, click here. And click here for a JPEG picture of the clues.

   ACROSS
1   Right-hand page
6   Elemental unit
10   Pub orders
14   Spelling of television
15   Lucy Lawless role
16   Often-carved gem
17   Witch's end?
18   Actress Barbara
19   Assistant
20   Movie stand-in
22   California mountains
24   Saddle parts
27   "Quickly!"
31   People like us
36   Southern California school (abbr.)
37   _____-jongg
38   Plant in the cashew family
39   Destroy
40   Being somewhere else
43   Great pyramid locale
44   Assists in crime
46   Is able to
47   The two
48   Less than whole
51   Armenia and Latvia, once (abbr.)
52   More impressive
54   Meeting record
58   Study again
63   13ths and 15ths
64   Group of quail
67   Sheriff's ID
68   Copenhagener, e.g.
69   Opera solo
70   Bottled water brand
71   Paramedics, e.g. (abbr.)
72   Artificial light source
73   Suspicious
 
   DOWN
1   Time-based competition
2   Actor Holliman
3   Nebula in Taurus
4   Soy product
5   "_____ of spaghetti"
6   Wood chopper
7   Actor Danson
8   "I'll be right there"
9   Nearby town
10   Slightly open
11   Villain's hideout
12   Icelandic classic
13   Observes
21   Established opinion
23   Some computer keys
25   Lunch, e.g.
26   Hudson River tribe member
27   Related to hearing
28   Type of diver
29   Zovylan, e.g.
30   Start to mime?
32   Grant and Laurie
33   Gives off
34   Occam's _____
35   Strikers' replacements
41   Minstrel
42   Conclude
45   Omen
49   Like some chiefs
50   "Candid _____"
53   Dissenter
54   Support (with with)
55   Dutch cheese
56   Portable shelter
57   Applies
59   Speak wildly
60   Singer Brickell
61   Petri dish gel
62   Turn down
65   Vigor's partner
66   Small dog's bark


If you think you've figured out the coordinates, you can check them with certitude:



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The cache is a hanging preform tube.

Congratulations to the first certified solver and first finder, hidegoseek.


On 7/6/2022, this puzzle was

(Thanks to waterfan5 for letting me know.)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Certitude will tell you how the cache is hidden.]

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)