The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the following puzzle to determine the coordinates of the cache.
It's been a long time since I've created one of these word problems. Maybe TeamWowza wasn't even born yet the last time one of these came out. So, it must be time for another one. We will see whether this one is harder than previous ones.
- _____ combined with World Cup guards will become physical exercises.
- _____ combined with a World Cup round will become the trivia host.
- _____ combined with Asner and Sheeran will become ballplayers.
- _____ combined with a furry hole digger will become unforgettable.
- _____ combined with a British bar will become one afraid of being in closets.
- _____ combined with a circ. part will become grumpy old men.
- _____ combined with a woeful breath will become group events.
- _____ combined with a bar beverage will become an ornamental wristband.
- _____ combined with a Holiday Inn will become not claimable as a tax donation.
- _____ combined with a potato in Indian cuisine will become having multiple wives.
- _____ combined with that girl will become reprimanded.
- _____ combined with a stand-up critic will become Tom's friend.
- _____ combined with a horse's strap will treat like a child.
- _____ combined with nothing will become fear or anxiety.
- _____ combined with a knight will become marriages.
Special Notes about the 2025 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 will probably happen sometime in March 2026). The real challenge is to see whether I can keep coming up with puzzles every month! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.
Special Notes about this month's puzzle: I never got around to finding a thematic hide spot for this puzzle; so I ended up just using a spot that was originally for a February puzzle that got denied. The last clue uses an incorrect word, but assuming you find the source I used, you'll be able to figure out the word.
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