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WVCW 11: X MARKS THE SPOT Mystery Cache

Hidden : 2/1/2022
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


1.  Solve the crossword.

2.  Enter into Certitude 4 words, in alphabetical order, with no spaces.

 

ACROSS

1     Manufacturer of locomotives and related products from 1901-1969, HQ in Schenectady, NY

5     Egyptian for “be satisfied, be at peace”

10   Type of Indy car represented by the ’01 Bravada, ’93 Camaro Z28, or ’97 Aurora

14   NASDAQ for Inter Parfums, Inc (or golfer's boast: "___ ___ every hole!")

15   Madonna won a ’97 Golden Globe Award for Best Actress for her role in it

16   Stevie wondered “___ she lovely made from love?” in the year of America’s bicentennial

17   Short for ships’ anti-fouling systems (or MD geocaching puzzlers group?)

18   First words of 1958’s hot movie starring Newman, Taylor, and Ives?

19   Between Motor and Blue in the first of Estleman’s series about private eye Amos Walker

20   It might be pruned to within two buds of the main stem

22   Chandler Bing, Sheldon Cooper, Gregory House, and Charlie Harper’s caustic humor?

24   Sothern and Curry

25   Maker of HD storm doors [see the diff between the E1SS-36WH and the E4SN36WH?!]

26   Stoic, even apathetic

29   Apt name for a shop selling only pointed handtools that pierce wood, leather, metal, cloth?

31   Therefore—and with 35A a New York neighborhood popular among tourists

32   Rob, long ago [Faulkner knew the term!]

35   Waikiki Don—and see 31A

36   Neither partner

38   (Isle of) Man feline?

39   Improperly fix?

40   Short for the E-word in many a public school’s name

42   Often follows theater  (1, 3)

43   Sometimes precedes sphere; also is a more popular term than Elephant Engine in Chryslers

44   Clumsy calumnies?  (2, 5, 11)

47   Cat Stevens’ Tea for the Tillerman’s Lisa?

49   Irish sea god, as in Dublin’s The Children of ___ sculpture

50   Philosophy, ideology, or movement

51   What leads to “drink and be merry”

53   The D of FDR (3, 6)

54   Follows a scent, or the scents themselves

55   Ohtani’s team, on scoreboards

56   Often, AT&T, Verizon, Comcast, or Spectrum, briefly

57   To the Maori, vital essence or vitality; to Pokémon fans, Hala’s grandson

58   Damone, whose “You’re Breaking My Heart” was Billboard’s top hit  in 1949

60   Life-saver at many accidents

61   Non-profit global security org focused on reducing nuclear and biological threats

62   Bach’s work that Wilhelmj enabled to be played on only the G string of the violin?

63   Nice water

64   Baltimore, to John Carroll from 1789-1815, the first such of the Catholic Church in America

65   The CDC’s brings together experts and technology to coordinate resources in emergencies

66   In medicine, the antonym of CNS?

67   Carlin hosted its premiere on 10-11-75 under the title “NBC’s Saturday Night”

DOWN

1     Lutz book published 1-26-21; it says getting sidetracked can encourage creativity  (1, 4, 8)

2     It was founded in 1950 at Rolling Hills CC in Wichita by Berg, Dettweiler, Zaharias, et al

3     Between 1LT and MAJ or CDR and RDML

4     On the California coast, if you see pinnipeds, they are sea lions ___ ___, not walruses

5     Tomulus said in Cachly ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ different map locations to create waypoints

6     Egg-shaped figures

7     Suet-eating flying mouse?

8     With K, a saccharide containing a ketone functional group; with S, thick with bristles

9     "Canal country relieves discomfort"?

10   Half a flute?  Or Bear Brian, who died at 26 of embryonal cell carcinoma

11   Continent of Angkor Wat and Sigirya Rock

12   Tubes of nanometric diams.

13   Cruciverbalist’s best friend, maybe?  (5, 8, 10)

21   USAF’s AFMC-led repair prog. that yielded increased aircraft readiness and improved supply

23   Miami-based cruise line, second only to CCL

27   It’s said the right one makes the job much easier

28   Billie Jean King defeated Bobby Riggs on 9-20-73 in The Battle of the ___

30   Caprice

33   Kind of agent dopamine and dobutamine are

34   Mangled tape in a tv accessory, perhaps

37   Conceive again  (3, 4, 6)

39   Better quality wines

41   St. Paul is there

43   Brief dinger?

45   Brown, Pope, or Tan, for real—or Benes in a sitcom

46   Affairs

48   In South Pacific, Hammerstein said “there is nothin’ you can name that is anything like” it

52   Mongolian and Thai

55   Jazz guitarist Paul

59   You meet it before you hit de sac


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Nyy lbh arrq vf jvguva gur pebffjbeq.

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)