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We Are Penn State! Mystery Cache

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Mountainfolk.: Muggled one too many times. This opens up this area if someone wants to place another hide here.

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Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

This is a Micro (crossword) Puzzle cache. There is NO cache at the coordinates listed. Access is year-round, very accessable, but avoid football game days for stealth and parking reasons!

CACHE DETAILS
This is a micro Cache. There is NO cache at the coordinates listed. To find the REAL coordinates, you must complete this great PSU football-related crossword Puzzle. There is no room to leave any items in the cache. Simply sign the log book and enjoy.
PARKING
Parking is available VERY nearby. Weekends are free, but on weekdays it requires a valid PSU parking pass. If you're quick about it, you could likely find and sign the cache without a valid parking pass. For your own good, don't leave your car there unattended for more than 10 minutes. (It shouldn't take any longer than that to find the micro cache, once you've solved the puzzle.) Alternately, there is a metered visitor lot near these coordinates: N 40° 48.614 W 077° 51.318. Unless it’s a football Saturday, you should have no problem finding a space.
WE ARE PENN STATE!
(Puzzle generously provided by Todd A. Sponsler who has got a very cool PSU football website "The Lion's Den" available at http://www.geocities.com/psulionsden/index.html)
Coordinate Clues (encrypted)
A Gbhearl Fgengu B're CFH
J Thgfl Thgfl Bxynubzn CFH Wbr Nynfxn
We Are Penn State

By Todd A. Sponsler, MD

ACROSS:

1.  University Monogram
4.  #1 is Quality?
7.  Going for it on fourth down
9.  Local rube
11.  Chemistry site
12.  Player's dream
15.  Colorful band?
17.  Fan nickname?
19.  Norwegian capital
21.  Double poem?
24.  Professors aide
26.  Business college
28.  Student fundraiser
29.  Hawaiian city
31.  Heard in Beaver Stadium
38.  Paterno is a proper one
39.  100 years of Penn State Football?
42.  Anti-owl slogan or a girl's name?
43.  President
46.  Playstation name
48.  Connor's safe Haven?
50.  Short guess?
51.  Birth control device
52.  Spartan monogram
53.  Luxury box sideline
54.  Robeson Center
55.  Diving bird
56.  Sediment
58.  Media concern
59.  49th st.
61.  Artist

 

62.  Matriculate
64.  Butch Cassidy's sidekick
68.  Pentium producer
69.  Jam is one
71.  Greasy
72.  Either parent?
74.  We scored!
75.  Greek letter
76.  Indian transports
77.  Referee?
78.  Note
79.  On-line mascot?
80.  Highest note
81.  Knight starter
83.  Defensive pos.
84.  Chemical elem. to exist?
85.  Lawyer's long distance company?
86.  Killed the dragon
89.  Bowls
91.  T's title?
92.  Famous field governor?
95.  Bush protection (abbrev.)
96.  Six pts.
98.  College
group
99.  German affirmative
100. 
Sault Sainte Marie Canals
102.  Labor organization
103.  Peachy Paterno locale
108.  Numerically-challanged conference?
109.  Gas sign

DOWN:

1.  University type
2.  Ave.
3.  Computer port
4.  He knows football
5.  Sooner st.
6.  Charleton Heston epic
7.  Sam with a deep cut?
8.  Hebrew letter
9.  The King of Siam?
10.  Luv-able Mascot
11.  And Behold!
13.  Badger st.
14.  Footballer Calvin
15.  Pages
16.  Cal.
city
18.  Volunteer st.
20.  Rah in
Mexico
22.  North African governor
23.  Apiece
24.  Fresh water fish
25.  Tyrolean ski resort
26.  Braz. continent
27.  They may be rocky
28.  Turf ailment
30.  Kind of Kick
32.  Football pos.
33.  Certain engineers
34.  Legendary coach
35.  Namesake Mount
36.  Learning inst.
37.  Tellurium
38.  Certain defenses
40.  Contest

 

41.  Too small
44.  Student's home45.  Castrates
47.  Columbus sch.
49.  Mrs. Paterno
57.  Matthew and Mark
58.  West Layfayette sch.
60.  Chief's initials
61.  Implants deeply
63.  Chapstick
64.  Like some QB plays?
65.  Certain defenses
66.  Grads
67.  Hosts
68.  Certain Greeks
70.  Star-spangled word
73.  Tax-refund loan
82.  Cornhusker st.
84.  The Ratskellar
87.  Type of festival
88.  Lion home
89.  Arthur
90.  Able was I ere . . .
93.  Half a rock band
94.  Cavalier's st.
97.  What’s up ___?
99.  Blue bird coach?
101.  Moon
102.  Grecian pot
104.  One in Munich
105.  Years
106.  Sheetz sandwich
107.  Poetic dusk

Note: Having trouble printing the whole table?
Print the puzzle image separately from the text. Then try selecting only the text for the crossword puzzle, and then printing "selection" only. OR simply copy/paste the crossword text clues into a word processor and then print.
(OR go to Todd Sponsler's website (listed above) and do it online there--no cheating ;-)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Qnivq naq Fhml ______ __ _ ____ X-V-F-F-V-A-T. Svefg pbzrf ybir, gura pbzrf zneevntr...

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)