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Alphabet Annoyance Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/12/2013
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Puzzle, cache and placement: CJ-Curry
Thanks to Riddell and quiet1_au for pointing out an error!

The given coordinates are false.


This puzzle requires a little bit of special (but not specialist) knowledge. Having said that, once you've worked out how to solve the puzzle, it is very very straightforward.

Step 1: work out the missing words from this list.

  • architecture
  • b-----
  • communication
  • distinct
  • escape
  • flora
  • gastronomy
  • h-----
  • institution
  • january
  • key
  • l-----
  • mate
  • notorious
  • o-----
  • pioneer
  • q-----
  • r-----
  • s-----
  • t-----
  • uniform
  • verve
  • w-----
  • x-ray
  • yangoora
  • z-----

Step 2: take the following letters:

0. the first letter of the word beginning with B
1. the third letter of the word beginning with H
2. the fourth letter of the word beginning with L
3. the second letter of the word beginning with O
4. the fifth letter of the word beginning with Q
5. the third letter of the word beginning with R
6. the sixth letter of the word beginning with S
7. the fourth letter of the word beginning with T
8. the third letter of the word beginning with W
9. the fourth letter of the word beginning with Z

Step 3: arrange the letters into two five-letter strings, in the following order: 63287 91054

Step 4: translate all the letters to numbers using A B C = 1 2 3 (with O = 0). Add decimal points between the second and third numbers of each string.

You should now have two strings of five digits each. Add 00002 to the first string. The first string is to be appended to S 37°, the second to E 145°. These are your real coordinates. If you're unsure, GeoCheck your coordinates. Good luck!

Note: in my absence, my caches are being maintained by Archie B1 & B2 and SanguineDragonflye. For puzzle hints or solution checks, feel free to contact me directly.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] V fbheprq guvf N, O, P sebz pvepn 1995 PR [Cache] Haqre ybt

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)