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Branch Out; Try a Sudoku. Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/12/2016
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. Also be sure to bring your favorite writing instrument to sign the log.


A sudoku is a number puzzle in which you have to put the numbers 1-9 into a 9x9 grid broken up into 9 3x3 clusters in such a way that each row, column, and cluster contains each unique number once and only once. Since their increase in popularity in 1986, they have been added to countless newspapers, and there are many unique variants.

In order to find the final coordinates of this cache, you must correctly solve this sudoku. Afterwards, add up all the numbers in each colored square, so that you have a number for red, yellow, green, and blue. Then, you will subtract the number for yellow from the number for red to get a two-digit number AB, and subtract the number for blue from the number for green to get another two-digit number CD.

The cache is located at N 47° 35.8AB, W 122° 03.4CD.

******** Congratulations to SHEPPARD4 for the FTF! ********

 

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Cache 1:] Gur gvgyr vf lbhe uvag. [Cache 2:] Vs ng svefg lbh qba'g fhpprrq, gerr, gerr ntnva. [Cache 3:] "Guvf vfa'g gur gerr lbh'er ybbxvat sbe..."

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)