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5-Letter Word Flips Mystery Cache

Hidden : 8/30/2021
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.

In each row below the clue in the parenthesis describe a five-letter word which when spelled backwards (flipped) and appended by one or more letters will form a new word. The clue on the right side of the equation describes the new word. Concatenate all the new words into a single (pad) and use it to decrypt the OTP encoded coordinates.


(smell) + 1 = unprincipled
(long blade) + 1 = sleepy
(durable woolen fabric) + 1 = departure
(beer kind) + 1 = entertain
(a wild party) + 1 = consider
(glandular organ) + 1 = criticize
(truncheon) + 2 = noteworthy
(sore) + 2 = hermit
(crowbar) + 2 = merrymaker / party goer
(at no time) + 2 = vengeance
(at no time) + 2 = income
(partner) + 2 = go around / circle
(slap) + 3 = rucksack
(celebrate) + 3 = grip / purchase
(1/60th dram) + 3 = keep down / belittle
(make irritated) + 4 = incoherent
(book of maps) + 4 = abrupt evolutionary change

NAK XO LQU TEFB XNV GSUYI GT YSIXN
TYUVI NMGIA RXGSPIJ XYZ IFI GSDRE WVMII
JBAV VMBLG URU AZGE JRO GWD GNG NPKMIVS
LMHM GEA XNMQX ZVV NCOJ GNP XNW MBQ



Congratulations to first finder sleepyrobin.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hide] Zntargvp syng cnpx va thneqenvy.

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)