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No Escape (KPC2018) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the actual coordinates of the cache.

Okay, this month sped by faster than I expected, and I found myself not having figured out a puzzle that would reveal Bugabloo's name. And, if course, I haven't started on the challenge of putting together a Final Exam either. In fact, I hadn't even hidden a cache yet, and Traveling Ladybug reminded me that it was already the last day of the month. So, here's an apparently "common" puzzle used in another setting, although one that I hadn't seen until this morning. Of course, I added a minor twist to it, but hopefully nothing that will cause anyone too much trouble.

Special Notes about the 2018 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, which won't happen until sometime in 2019). The real challenge is to see whether I will have enough time to create a puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

First To Solve: teamajk (16 minutes)
First To Log: thanman2 (294 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers: 44
Pre-hint finds logged: 8
KPC2018 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2018 Finders Scoreboard
Previous KPC Puzzle: Bugabloo's First Math Problems (KPC2018)
Next KPC Puzzle: Welcome Bugabloo! (KPC2019)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hint added December 15th.] Fgnpx gur tebhcf gb sbez n 4k4 tevq. 0-onfrq.

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)