It is the year 1939 in Gresford, and you are tracking the Jones
family, who own a field known as the Bean Croft.
In order to find this cache, first fill out the grid below. It's
a logic puzzle, a bit like a crossword, except the answers are
numbers instead of words. The squares containing grey letters
represent the co-ordinates you need to find the cache (see
below).
Clues
Across:
1. The area of the Bean Croft (in square yards).
5. The age of Bronwen, the aunt of farmer Jones.
6. The difference between the length and width of Bean Croft (in
yards).
7. The number of roods in Bean Croft multiplied by 8 Down.
8. The year in which the Jones family became owner of the Bean
croft.
10. The age of farmer Jones.
11. The year in which Lucy was born.
14. The perimeter of the Bean Croft (in yards).
15. The cube of the walking speed (in miles per hour) of farmer
Jones.
16. 15 Across minus 9 Down.
Down:
1. The value of the Bean Croft (in shillings per rood).
2. The square of the age of the mother-in-law of farmer
Jones.
3. The age of Lucy, the daughter of farmer Jones.
4. The value of the Bean croft (in pounds).
6. The current age of Aled, son of farmer Jones, who will be in
1945 twice as old as his sister Lucy will be in that year.
7. The square of the width (in yards) of the Bean Croft.
8. The number of minutes in which farmer Jones walks 1 1/3 times
around the Bean Croft.
9. 10 Down divided by 10 Across.
10. See 9 Down.
12. The sum of the digits of 10 Down plus 1.
13. The number of years that the Bean Croft has been owned by the
Jones family.
The following measures in use during the 20th Century will help
you.
1 rood = 1/4 acre.
1 mile = 1760 yards.
1 pound = 20 shillings.
1 acre = 4840 square yards
That's all the information you need to solve the puzzle. The cache
is a camo'd regular 35mm film canister, hidden at the following
co-ordinates
N53 0A.BCD W02 5E.FGH
Stealth required here because this is a very popular spot for all
kinds of local activities. Its probably best to time your visit for
an "off-peak" time. Please rehide it exactly as found (upside
down!).