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Just Add Numbers Mystery Cache

Hidden : 12/8/2005
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Another impossible kablooey word puzzle cache

The cache is not listed at the posted coordinates.

Kusanagi gave me one of those blinker caches to hide. You can only fit a small piece of paper into these things for people to log; so you don't really want twenty visitors a month because you'll have to be swapping out the log all the time. So, I'll hide this thing in San Francisco, which has less geocacher traffic. And I'll hide the coordinates in a puzzle. Of course, there are always people who will use the hints to brute-force the cache; so I'll make you ask me for hints until somebody gets the FTF. If you send me the coordinates for confirmation, I'll give you a locational hint, as the buildings in the area make GPS signals a little unreliable.

Cache is now a flat log. Recommend an ultra fine point Sharpie for signing (you might have trouble with a ballpoint pen).

A. With _____, explosions become annoying.
B. With _____, a large reptile becomes a marker of death.
C. With _____, ignominy turns into a rural building.
D. With _____, a bard has to explain in detail.
E. With _____, requirements become resistant and protective.
F. With _____, a web becomes a bonanza.
G. With _____, to make a law almost seems to disappear.
H. With _____, golf vehicles become a forefather.
I. With _____, the sound of a bell means it's time to eat.
J. With _____, a mark on the forehead becomes a measure of power.
K. With _____, an eel turns into a highway.
L. With _____, pop is in dire need of some pop.
M. With _____, food seasonings become the most horrid.
N. With _____, piece of a glacier becomes a newbie.
O. With _____, the difference is engraved stationery.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle Example] Vs gur pyhr jrer: Jvgu _____, gelvat gb jva vf nyy gurer vf. Gur fbyhgvba jbhyq or: Jvgu GUERR, ILVAT vf RIRELGUVAT. Gung'f orpnhfr gur yrggref va GUERR+ILVAT pna or erneenatrq gb sbez RIRELGUVAT. [Email me if you're stuck on specific clues or want to verify coordinates and get a locational hint.]

Decryption Key

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

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)