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CROSSED WORDS Mystery Cache

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buddysally: UNFORTUNATELY the area where this cache lived is now being bulldozed to make way for new construction. Thanks everyone who has done this puzzle, it had a good run. Cheers and happy caching. Buddysally.

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Hidden : 12/15/2014
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the posted coordinates.



Please solve the puzzle below.











Across Down
1. tippy small craft to me 1. young person
5. helpful people 2. quick and easy
7. mid sized container 3. caches often hidden in this colour of tube next to a pole
8. long thin items that you can get across snow on 4. what you usually must do to a nano log before you can sign it
10. first to locate and sign the log 6. usually found at the base of a light post
11. big sized container 9. need to do to find some higher caches
13. many stages cache 12. lots have them and take them out when caching, bow wow!
14. a non-cacher 13. puzzle
15. type of micro 17. coldest season
16. third to find 18. geocaching is a ? sport
19. second to find 20. conventional
21. granite, quartz, shale etc 24. did not find
22. what you sign 26. not quite as big as a regular container
23. where you can find lots of signs 28. a cache type where you have your picture taken by a surveillance camera
25. needed for water caches 29. long walk
27. 35 mm 31. in water, sometimes you might have to do this to get to a cache
28. easiest access 32. large group
30. a fun event where you take pictures 34. first to locate a new cache
33. item often along a property line 37. instruments of the trade
35. people who cache together 39. very small 1 oz. container
36. an event
38. you get this when you log found on a cache page
40. took nothing left nothing
41. Ottawa has several of these where many caches are hidden, lots of paths




The cache can be found at N 45 QR.STU W 075 VW.XYZ..

Please count how many of each letter are in the icy blue squares in the answer


Q = T’s – I’s
R = R’s - G’s
S = F’s x L’s
T = I’s + B’s
U = T’s – E’s
V = B’s + E’s
W = C’s - H’s
X = B’s - N’s
Y = M’s - A’s
Z = I’s + G’s


Have fun and Happy Caching








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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

pnpur: cersbez fbqn obggyr

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)