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Our Friend Control-F Mystery Cache

Hidden : 6/18/2013
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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I didn't realize this, but a lot of people don't know you can use Control-F (or Command-F on Macs) to search for text on a web page. Shortcut key combinations like Control-F make puzzle solving much easier!

Using Control-F, look for these words:

paddymelon countersignature immeasurably iterant
pinwork isogone underdraw puffball

in the incomprehensible blob of text below, and put together the coordinates from the numbers next to the words.

Just hit Control-F (or Command-F on Macs) and type in each of the words, one at a time, to find them quickly on the page. Also, next to the little box where you type what you're searching for, there should be an option to search in a case-sensitive way or not. I usually turn this option ("Match case" in Firefox) off.

If you use the Firefox browser, another valuable time-saver is to highlight the text, then click Control-F. No typing required!

Here's the incomprehensible blob of text:

victor:58 haberdasheries:17 paddymelon:4 wad:20 hadji:82 calmness:86 familist:72 bandello:33 larruper:41 catharistic:70 navigation:48 jawbone:80 gaynor:11 abasia:7 odalisque:84 pecksniffism:30 bechuanaland:44 beechwood:3 seeking:90 rejuvenising:8 semiparalysis:95 semicapitalistic:14 repossess:12 depute:2 repetitively:22 peri:61 fervidly:49 vestal:54 methane:81 leucoma:39 lexicographer:52 chaco:15 sharpsburg:36 chatelain:59 phoney:34 phrenologist:27 tiderip:23 eiffel:57 pinwork:9 tippler:78 dispermous:63 misusage:43 ajmer:89 fleabite:10 eleoptene:42 blew:98 clint:47 immeasurably:45 undivisive:69 underdraw:64 endorsed:29 undiscouraged:68 undergeneral:93 undeclinable:79 inestimableness:67 unmiscible:73 insurrectionIsing:96 unsubjective:19 unspanning:100 antefix:28 unthrashed:74 bolas:26 nomocracy:71 fondant:1 nonosmotically:6 nonincreasing:75 nonlayered:5 monseigneur:62 nondeferable:46 googol:87 coruscation:25 countersignature:50 towmond:88 spat:18 operational:76 aphidious:13 sphenographic:55 apposable:24 gravenstein:66 bretelle:31 areologic:77 organotherapy:65 ergograph:83 irreducible:56 cryingly:92 asbestine:40 isogone:32 stative:94 iterant:60 stum:35 quadrivalency:91 Puffball:97 cultivation:38 superseded:99 surtsey:51 outsnored:21 overabundantly:37 overeager:16 dwelling:53 symbolling:85


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qba'g sbetrg gb ghea bss "zngpu pnfr"!

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)