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.
Here's yet another puzzle inspired by one of Eric Berlin's Puzzlesnacks. Both Berlin and Fizzymagic have called this style Labyrinths, so to avoid confusion (or create some?), I'll call mine Serpentine.
If you wish, the puzzle is also available to download and print as a PDF.
As the cache owner, I solemnly swear 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 row in this puzzle contains two answers, clued in order. There are also clues for the serpentine trail that meanders from the top left corner down to the bottom right corner. Clues for the Trail answers are given in order. For the Certitude keyword solution, use the letters from the diagonal cells from top left to bottom right.
| Rows: |
Trail: |
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| 1: Chinese organized crime guild |
• Skincare astringent |
| Reduce in height |
• Anything valuable or useful |
| 2: Geometry homework calculations |
• Dominions |
| School book |
• Branched horn |
| 3: Chair back part, perhaps |
• There are 640 in a section |
| Visionaries |
• Fundamental, original |
| 4: One place to find sweaters |
• Kinswomen |
| Altoids containers |
• Fourth-wall breaking comment |
| 5: Qatari monarch |
• Belladonna or hemlock |
| High tea treat |
• Eight-player bands |
| 6: Largo and lento, e.g. |
• Softly luminous |
| Deserving a D grade |
• Puts forth, as effort |
| 7: Tears |
• Implant again |
| Believer in a higher power |
• Contusion |
| 8: Numeric keypad button |
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| Check or restrain |
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| 9: Bargain opportunity |
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| Poker ploy |
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You can validate your puzzle solution with
certitude.