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The Case of the Operose Obfuscation Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 11/27/2004
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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WARNING: Since planting this cache, lots of nettles have grown around the site. Please dress in long pants before trying to retrieve to avoid getting stung. Otherwise it is recommended that you try retrieving in winter months. NOTE: This cache was designed to be challenging so no clues will be given nor can I confirm your work or not. Just keep at it and you will succeed. You will have "A-Ha" moments as you work on it. Others have accomplished what seemed like the impossible (and loved it!) and so can you.



Dear Sherlock Holmes,

It is of gravest importance that I meet with you...
"they" suspect that someone is investigating this issue
and so now my life may be in peril. Therefore it is
imperative that we meet this next time in utmost secrecy.
Our rendevouz point can be determined only by the puzzle
listed below. Unfortunately I must resort to such encoding
in the event that this correspondence should fall into
unfriendly hands...but I am sure that you will solve this
without difficulty.

Until then,
Mr. X

A. Find eleven words and the corresponding new words (make each self-contained word into a new word by adding or subtracting a single letter).
B. Use those eleven new letters to make a new word.
C. Think, then add word (lower case) to http://***********.angelfire.com/to get coordinates to the secret meeting place.
1. A sphere becomes an herb other than grass
2. A scrap becomes a legal term
3. A loss changes nothing into a duty
4. A progenitor turns into a dolt
5. A position of dignity becomes a turn of speech
6. Soakings turn into triteness
7. To give in becomes to desire
8. A chorus member adds on through water purification
9. A subatomic particle splits into a preposition
10. A mongrel turns into a parish priest
11. The end of a unit of measure becomes irrelevant or debatable

 

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