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Word Couples (KPC2025) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:


The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the actual coordinates of the cache.

Almost certainly this word puzzle idea has been done before somewhere, but I don't remember one around here; so I thought I would see how it works. It would have been good for a Friday Livermore Puzzle group event, but this one will be closer to the bay this time. Yeah, it kind of looks like cryptic clues, but they're not.

  • backyard barbecue observation post
  • dark blemish on food embellishment
  • apprehension leading to joyful ecstasy
  • one who doesn't play fair at the play
  • Addams's court clowns
  • garden alcoves in the boat docks

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: Hope this placement isn't blocked by the unsolved puzzle I have in the area.

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

First To Solve: ddlatham (14 minutes)
First To Log: kittyshrink (184 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers: 36
Pre-hint finds logged: 7
KPC2025 Solvers Scoreboard
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Additional Hints ()

[Hints added August 15th.] Obgu jbeqf va rnpu cnve raq jvgu gur fnzr fvk yrggref (gurl eulzr). Y=12.

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)

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