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A CRYPTIC HAG - HAG X Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 12/31/2013
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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Geocache Description:

Just one more cryptic crossword for the 10th Annual HAG. I hope you enjoy the puzzle, and the subsequent hike.

WTG, ArnieBarney..another FTF.

The cache is at N 48 A B . C D E  W 123 F G . H I J

Across.

 8) Maybe Auntie lost her head and found joy! (7)

 9) Flirt with the camera to keep yourself warm. (7)

11) It cuts phys. ed. short by spinning rings around. 7)

12) The French add a mixture of salt petre to the biffy. (7)

13) "Hi, Girl..wig's all askew." (She's pretty spinny!) (9)

15) Iron a shirt for the occasion... (5)

16) ... or returns and closes the tholes. (7)

19) Take belt in a notch to get thin? Crazy! (7)

20) Hag ridden? (5)

21) Vital to bring in social worker. (9)

25) Stood around, after half date went badly. (7)

26) When the sun goes down I hear he becomes un parfait, gentil homme. (7)

28) Splits and binds - pretty tricky without a tool! (7)

29) Wild sea bird? Not from this side of the country. (7)

Down

 1) Points out with ease, roughly up and down. (6)

 2) Inside, it was a bit hot. (6)

 3) I'm in the record as being spineless. (4)

 4) The hands of time seen in Angola uprising. (6)

 5) Gilt, with stirring, gets darker. (8)

 6) Mendicant holds broken tool still. His? (10)

 7) If I'm in front it obstructs the gable. (8)

10) Stew, even condensed stew, needs sugar. (7)

14) Crazy reason for travelling! (10)

16) It's automatic to steal nothing, jerk. (7)

17) Relaxed loon ate part of the grain, but left half in the end. (8)

18) Bearing jokers or bearing trees? (8)

22) Meditate on the German party leader first. (6)

23) Not real without a ring, going round the Horn. (6)

24) Fiddling to you, initially, then in force. (6)

27) Force snake to draw breath. (4)

A = 8A (4th) + 2D (1st)
B = 4D (3) + 18D (2)
C = 6D (1) + 5D (4) + 25A (4)
D = 7D (1) + 27D (2)
E = 19A (4) - 21A (4) + 27D (4)
F = 13A (4) - 11A (4) - 9A (6)
G = 14D (6) + 28A (1) + 16A (6)
H = 20A (2) - 23D (4) - 29A (7)
I = 25A (4) + 17D (2)
J = 29A (4) + 22D (4)

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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Haqre 1sgk2sg ebpx j/ fznyy pnvea ba gbc.

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)