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The Cruciverbalist's Cache Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/14/2015
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


Across
1. The cache is a painted pill bottle, so it is recommended you _____ (abbr.). 
5. Treble or alto
9. Matchpoints alternative (abbr.)
13. Semitic letter. Worth 0.042' in this puzzle. This is important because the cache is NOT located at the posted coordinates, but luckily is within 3km. 
14. Katy Perry's most boring song
15. "Swans Reflecting Elephants" painter
16. E.g. Anne Hathaway in Don Jon, or Peter Jackson in every Lord of the Rings movie. 
17. Puss' archenemy
18. "Great" hero of Trojan War
19. Upright
20. 58 across
21. A hospitable horde
22. Lair
23. ___-mom
25. Tempestuous
27. Pokemon protagonist
28. Sometimes, they are rolled
30. E.g. this answer
33. Queries
35. Exploit
40. A trackable that is probably not going to fit in this cache
42. For this cache, 3. However, there is no bushwhacking, few bugs, and you will probably not need a box to stand on. 
44. Existential anguish
45. "Yo, Taylor, I'm really happy for you, ____ let you finish, but Beyoncé had one of the best videos of all time! ONE OF THE BEST VIDEOS OF ALL TIME!"
47. Chocolate bar that is literally a waste of space.
48. A skirt for prancing
50. Harry's best mate
52. Like GC5RNYJ
56. Chivalrous chap
58. Flat (abbr.)
61. An integral gives you the ____ under the curve 
62. Omen
64. Scarborough hill formerly used as First Nations burial ground
66. Shape of snake or wire
67. Loafing around
68. Having wing-like appendages. These letters are worth 0.039' in the puzzle. 
69. The riskiest part of a cliff
70. Consider
71. Squander
72. Two of 22-across
73. Child's play
74. Like 27-across. Obviously. 

Down
1. Trumpet obnoxiously
2. Country on Red Sea
3. 2-down is not a member of this. (abbr.)
4. Shots
5. South Slavic ethnic group
6. The only thing in the cache (did I mention it's a micro?)
7. ___ of Sandwich
8. Like a 'Murican!!!
9. The Potato State
10. Kaiden Alenko's address at the end of ME3
11. Cyto____
12. Three score
13. Nailed
24. Tea
26. Bulgarian emperor
27. Parts of a circle
29. Ye olde and mighty standards org. (abbr.)
30. ___ Khan
31. Kingsley or Kenobi
32. Fen
34. Tiff
36. The worst kind of muffin
37. This IS part of 3-down. 
38. Dame counterpart
39. Musician Brian
41. Inflatable co-pilot
43. Merit
46. Something to look out for while retrieving this cache
49. The part with the silver lining 
51. Capital selected by Queen Victoria
52. Dashed
53. Undermine
54. See fit
55. They may be tall
57. Foe
58. Discombombulate
59. Small
60. Please be gentle when searching the ____ for the cache. It is visible from the grass, but very close to the trunk.
63. Notion
65. A word of woe

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Congratulations to Brook22 and Hubcap33 for the FTF!

Update: It appears some people are having trouble with the coordinates - suggest checking the final coordinates on Google Maps to figure out which tree the cache is in. The tree is on the north side of the path.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[puzzle] Lbh unir gb qb gur yrtjbex gb fbyir gur chmmyr. Gurer ner ab fubegphgf. K znexf gur fcbg. [cache] N fubeg pyvzo hc.

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)