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Stratford's Shakespeare Suguru Mystery Cache

Hidden : 9/22/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Stratford, a village (town - population ~110) about 13 km south of Gloucester, is beside the Avon River, on the Bucketts Way. There is access to the eastern side of Barrington Tops National Park near here. The principal industries have been beef cattle breeding and dairying, with coal mining and introduction of 'fracking' also providing some opportunities for employment (?) There is also a Rest Area, with covered picnic tables, a playground, and toilets nearby.

Suguru is a new logic puzzle which requires making sure that no number touches another square with that same number. With a maximum of 5 connected squares (at this level) it is also limited by the actual range of numbers that are then used. "The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity," Douglas Horton

Instructions: Bring Your Own Pen
Each cell in an outlined block must contain a digit: a two-cell block contains the digits 1 and 2, a three-cell block contains the digits 1, 2 and 3; and so on. The number must not be repeated within the outlined block. And, the same digit must not appear in neighbouring cells, not even diagonally.

The geocache is at: (amended 1/8/15)
S32º 07.(D8+A5)(F2-H5)(B2+G6)'
E151º 56.(D3-H1)(J1+I2)(C4-K6)

While this cache could be 'forced' if you look at the hint (maybe), please work out the logic puzzle. A mention about the Difficulty rating would be handy.

Why the OLD GC code you may wonder; the cache was initially placed in August 2013 before heading to NZ for the Mega, but then in January 2014 all of that was literally forgotten, until I went in July '15 for a FTF south of here, and noticed the old waypoint. That cache was still there, but with a few signatures from 'randoms'. A different container now

Thanks to Groundspeak, and i,riblit for the Unarchiving of this one.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gb cbvag gbb hc

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)