Puzzle Master Mystery Cache

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Mouse_22: Vandalized and destroyed... If a cache has locks, don't just bust through it. This is why we can't have nice things.
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Hidden : 3/27/2018
Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: large (large)

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***Not at posted coordinates***
Important, please read
This will be a field puzzle. Once the puzzle on this page is figured out, you will be led to a locked box with a container that holds the second puzzle. Solve this to get the combination of the lock. You will then find the third puzzle. Solve this to get into the next locked box. Finally you will find the fourth puzzle. Solve this to get into the last locked box that will contain a small TB hotel along with the signable log. I highly suggest bringing along some paper to do the puzzle work on. Please make sure to replace, re-lock (and mix up the numbers), and re-set everything the way you found it to ensure the same experience for all finders.

Puzzle 1 (on page): Logic Grid Puzzle -- Logic grid puzzles require you to use logic and reasoning to deduce the relationships among different people, places, or things based on a limited number of clues. Using only the prompts provided, you must fill in the grid with X's and O's to determine the unique solution.

Puzzle 2: Acrostics -- Acrostic puzzles are like a mix between cryptograms and traditional crossword puzzles, and you must solve the crossword clues to gradually fill in letters in the hidden phrase. As the phrase begins to emerge, it provides you with letter hints for the other clues you've not yet solved. Work the puzzle back and forth between the clues and the phrase until you reveal the solution.

Puzzle 3: Neighbors -- In Neighbor puzzles, your task is to work out the unique solution in which all "neighbor" requirements are satisfied using only the numbers 1 through n, where n is the size of the puzzle you're working on. So if you're working on a 6x6 puzzle, you'll use the numbers 1 through 6. In a 7x7 puzzle, you'll use the numbers 1 through 7 and so on. Each number is used only once in each row and column. And each pair of numbers with a black bar between them must be "neighbors" on the number line -- meaning one number is either one digit higher or lower than the other. For example, the neighbors of 3 are 2 and 4, and the neighbors of 5 are 4 and 6. The number 1 only has neighbor,2. Every puzzle has only one solution, and each solution can be reached using pure logic alone. The more difficult puzzles often require you to use commonly used sudoku techniques to find the solution.

Puzzle 4: Mathdoku -- Mathdoku puzzles are a mix between math puzzles and sudoku puzzles. You're given a partially fill-in grid, and you must enter the numbers 1 through 9 into each empty white square, using each number exactly once, so all six mathematical equations on the grid are fulfilled. Each puzzle has only one unique solution and all puzzles can be solved using only pure logical deduction.


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Now on to your first puzzle. Match each person with their newly acquired puppy. Determine the breed, the name of the new owner, and the month in which it was adopted. To pass the checker and get the coordinates, type in the dog breed that Miriam adopted and the month -- for example: poodlejuly


1. The five puppies include Benjamin's pet, the Beagle, the puppy adopted in March, the puppy adopted in May, and the puppy adopted in February.

2. The Dachshund was adopted 3 months before Paul's pet.

3. Lee's pet is the cocker spaniel.

4. The Basset Hound was adopted some time after the Cocker Spaniel.

5. The Beagle was adopted 2 months after the Corgi.

6. Ruth's pet isn't the Basset Hound.





Remember to pass the checker, you need to type in the breed that Miriam adopted and the month the puppy was adopted, for example -- poodlejuly


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.


FTF: XZQ&dad and foundinthewild

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

OLBC -- obk vafvqr obk, rnpu jvgu n pbzob ybpx gung pna or fbyirq ol fbyivat gur pbbeqvangvat chmmyr sbhaq jvgu pbbeqvangvat obk. Qvssvphygl yriry vf qhr gb gur chmmyrf naq gvzr vg jvyy gnxr gb svther gurz bhg, cyna nppbeqvatyl.

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)


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