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4:50 From Paddington Mystery Cache

Hidden : 4/12/2024
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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A super easy-to-solve puzzle cache! All you'll have to do is a little research, a little reading, and then go seek out the cache! The hardest part here might be coming across the actual book but maybe you'll be able to find it through Audible (but then you'd have to listen to the entire novel to get your clues but that would make it much more fun and challenging)! Please note, cache is not at the posted coordinates.

Using the hints provided, find the clues in Agatha Christie's mystery novel "4:50 From Paddington." I used the 1957 edition, reprinted in 1985, published by G. P. Putnam's Sons (Penguin Group), ISBN 1-57912-693-6 or 978-1-57912-693-3. 

A trip to the library may be in order or I can loan the book to you if you like.

FTF will have his/her/their choice of a travel bug (Squeaky the Squirrel), a compass and/or a dinosaur. BYOP.

Solve the following clues to find A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I and J and substitute them here:

N 28 AB.CDE ; W 081 FG.HIJ

THE CLUES:

A = How many Crackenthorpe family members were there? (p 79)

B = When Emma came home to find her father in a very bad mood, what time was it? (p 204)

C = How many days after receiving the letter did Emma say they received a telegram saying Edmund was missing or killed? (p 134)

D = For how many weeks would Madame Joliet of the Ballet Maritski take her company to London? (p 155)

E = How many tall, dark men at Rutherford Hall were there? (p 186)

F = According to Miss Marple, what's the shorter length of the two crossword clues that were in her head? (p 188)

G = What was the maximum amount of months that Lucy would book herself ahead to work? (p 36)

H = What was the agreed-upon time that Emma and Lucy decided that Lucy would work until? (p 45)

I =  How many of Mr. Crackenthorpe's sons were murdered, according to what he told Miss Marple? (p 279)

J = In how many minutes' time were Miss Marple and Mrs. McGillicuddy due in Brackhampton? (p 25)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Ybbx ybj

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)