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Fun With Dihydrogen Monoxide Mystery Cache

Hidden : 11/23/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates. To obtain them, start by solving the crossword puzzle below.

Within the Black Hills are many different bodies of water including lakes, reservoirs, rivers, creeks, streams, etc. Using the clues, fill in the puzzle with the names that correspond to that particular water feature.


Across
4. German World War II battleship
6. Arnold
11. 1972 Flood
15. Elemental waterway (FE)
17. Sioux
18. A Cervidae standing in the grass
19. To plummet
20. Unit of the ancient Roman Army
21. Stacked in bales
24. An enclosure to hold prisoners
26. 30th president
27. First Director of the US Reclamation Service
29. The flying ...
30. Middle
31. Ravine
Down
1. Original Pennington County Seat
2. Marlin
3. Combat
5. Salish for "children of the sun"
7. Named after the Acer Negundo Maple
8. Fr. for "Beautiful Fork"
9. To confine
10. Wapiti
12. East of Silver City
13. Rustler
14. Known as the "Crown Jewel"
16. Fortress
22. Famous French race finish line
23. Ursidae lookout
24. Artesian
25. Spanish for "narrows"
28. Tetonwan


To find the coordinates, use the answers to the crossword above, and solve the second puzzle below.  Example:  A15,2 = R

A15,4 D2,6 A20,5 A29,2 D1,4 A30,4 D8,11 D24,3 A6,5 D2,3 A19,1 D13,8 D14,4 A27,2 A4,3 A26,5 D22,7 A24,8 D1,5 A26,7 A17,2 D12,4 A17,8 A11,4 D24,6 A29,5 D25,6 D5,6 D24,4 A15,4 A20,2

A27,3 D13,2 D14,6 A17,5 A15,3 D2,9 A30,4 D13,1 D23,4 D16,6 D7,4 A24,2 A27,3 D13,2 D25,4 A17,7 D8,5 A31,3 D24,4 D25,2 A27,4 A19,1 D1,5 D14,4 A30,2 A29,3 D13,1 A6,6 D1,3 A18,7

You will be looking for a very small round lock n lock style container, containing a log sheet and room for a few small trackable or swag items. It may or may not be winter friendly.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Pnpur - Ohearq bhg, ebpx.

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)