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Goldilocks Grid 2 Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/2/2024
Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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NOTE: The listed coordinates are NOT the position of the cache. You must solve the puzzle below to determine the actual coordinates of the cache.

Once again, this puzzle was inspired by Eric Berlin's weekly Puzzlesnacks.  I wanted to try making something comparable, and this was an interesting challenge to produce.  Enjoy!

If you wish, the puzzle is also available to download and print as a PDF.

As the cache owner, I assure you that this file is safe to download, although it has not been checked by Groundspeak for malicious content.  Download at your own risk.  But really, it's just a PDF hosted on Google Drive that any browser will display for you just like any other webpage.


Each set of three words below is a clue phrase for the answer that goes in that space.  However, one of these words is too hot:  the boiling caused all of the letters to get jumbled up, forming a new word.  Another word is too cold:  two extra letters have been added (not necessarily consecutively) so they can better huddle up for warmth. And lastly, one of the words is unchanged — it’s just right.  Determining which word is which in each clue phrase is up to you.  For the Certitude solution, enter the letters from the highlighted squares row by row, from left to right and top to bottom.

Example:  Let's say the clue was "FAST FOOTED MITE".  In this case, the word FAST is just right, so we'll leave it alone.  The word FOOTED is too cold, so it has two extra letters added.  We'll remove the TE to get FOOD.  And the word MITE is too hot, so we'll unscamble that one to get ITEM.  The answer to the clue FAST FOOD ITEM might be HAMBURGER, for example.

ACROSS: DOWN:
1.  PAMPERS FOLDING KILLS 1.  MEAD AVAILABLE FLOUR
5.  RUDOLPHS STORABLE TEAM 2.  THEORY WARMS PICNICS
9.  LIKE CARE WINNOWERS 3.  CORK SHADOW VENUE
10.  DAME CHANGES TOAD 4.  ASTOUND MOLAR CHARACTER
11.  FOULER SIDED HEAPS 5.  HEROS RACING BEAST
12.  CAT ACTS COPYCAT 6.  WORKING BONY FILETS
13.  ADVANCE MUSIC GREEN 7.  FRIED CLAMMY ITEM
15.  BEING THEFT SEAM 8.  FAIRY LEFT BRAILLE
17.  SWARMED CONVOY SECTOR 14.  HOW AWED ARE
19.  SOMBER YOUNG SHORES 16.  DANGER SPOILS DWELLER
22.  NEEDS STREET GROWTH 17.  SOLVENTS ERECTS CIPHER
23.  DRAMATIC TRAIL GRUNT 18.  THIGHS VOICE ANGER
25.  MALLS MYTHICAL MINGLERS 20.  RELAYED PASTA DANISH
26.  DELIGHT SIDED PHASE 21.  MUFFLE CORN ITSELF
27.  HUSBANDS PANED VIEWS 23.  RANGED BREAD BLOOMS
28.  VERSE NAPS REFEREE 24.  PERFORMED OPEN GATES

 

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