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Christmas Songs On The Grid Mystery Cache

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billrow: Had a couple of cachers solve the puzzle and claim the find after my note, and no more watchers. So after 6 1/2 years, 65 finds, and 4 fav points, time to shut this one down.

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Hidden : 12/20/2009
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This is one in a series of puzzle caches, all based on the same concept. PLEASE read Get On The Grid first for details on how these puzzles work.

The cache is not located at the posted coordinates.


Use the coordinates from the waypoint listed below (NOT those listed for the cache) as a starting point for solving the puzzle.

It's been a while since the last "On The Grid" puzzle; and what better time for a new one than Christmas! There is only one puzzle to solve for this cache, with four solution cells. The cells must be placed in the correct order to determine the a.bcd values to add to the origin point.

The grid below contains the names of four well-known Christmas songs. This is NOT a Word Search, but more of a Word Maze. Each song title begins on one of the border cells, each one starting on a different one of the four sides (none starts in a corner). Each name then follows a path moving and turning up, down, left or right, but not diagonally. No letter is used in more than one name, and all of the letters will be used.

The last letters of the four song titles are your solution cells, so note the row and column numbers for each of them. To order them (and their corresponding row/column pairs) correctly, think of a six-letter word, made up of the four solution cell letters, plus two vowels, that describes the type of person who would perform these songs. The order of the four letters in that word is the correct solution order to use, based on details provided in "Get On The Grid".

Prize for FTF: a snowman Christmas ornament (use of which was fully authorized by the "chief elf").

You can check your answers for this puzzle on Geochecker.com.

Congrats to dstoye for FTF! (And the prize still awaits for STF)

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

jby xbby

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)