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Orioles Crossword Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/30/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the listed location.  Solve the meta crossword puzzle below to determine where to look.


This is a bonus puzzle to the series of caches placed around Oriole Park at Camden Yards: 2010 (Archived), 2011 (Archived), 2012, 2013, and 2014 Orioles Caches. This cache is not specific to a given year, but spans the history of the organization.

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Once you fill out the crossword grid, you will notice that an Orioles player is missing. Take the jersey number of the missing player and add it to the decimal portion of the latitude AND longitude of the listed coordinates.

N 39 17.(088 + jersey number) W 76 37.(216 + jersey number)

You can download the crossword puzzle in PDF or PUZ versions.

Once you solve the puzzle, you are looking for a small tube hanging from something living. You will not need to step on anything living to reach the cache - you can get it from the pavement. Bring your own pencil.

As with all of the Orioles caches, please use stealth when searching. On game days, you will most likely be in eyesight of many police officers. While you do need to cross a street from Camden Yards to get to this cache, you have a nice view of an area that is a clue for how to solve the puzzle. There was a bit of signal bounce in this area, so I used google maps to correct the coordinates a tad.

Thanks to David Stein, Peter Hammond and Erik Agard for testing the puzzle for me. You can view Erik's weekly free crossword puzzle, Glutton for Pun, at http://gluttonforpun.blogspot.com/

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[cache location] Pnpur vf nobhg nobhg jnvfg uvtu (tvir be gnxr qrcraqvat ba urvtug bs pnpure) va gur pybfrfg fueho/ohfu/fznyy gerr gb gur raq bs gur fgnvef.

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)