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Number Cruncher Mystery Cache

This cache has been archived.

chiptheduck: Apparently the cache is wet although the log book is dry!?

I'm not inclined to replace this again as it has few visitors, so I'll archive it.

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Hidden : 6/16/2011
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

The cache is not at the coordinates above which are for parking.

Your first task is to complete the crossnumber below. OK, what else do you call a crossword where all the answers are numbers? Then substitute the numbers in the boxes marked A to F into the formula to arrive at the coordinates for this cache.


ACROSS DOWN
2. 8 down plus 19 down 1. Maximum break in snooker less 8 down
4. Heinz varieties 2. 1 down less the first digit in 3 down
5. Two thirds of 3 down 3. Next odd number above 1 down
7. Sunset Strip 4. 11 across multiplied by 3 less 500
9. Half a century 6. Deduct 1 from 8 down then multiply by 18 across
10. Days in a leap year less 18 across 8. Twice 19 down
11. 5 across cubed multiplied by 7 16. Second digit of 1 down multiplied by second digit of 2 down
12. Cube root of 19 down 17. 5 across reversed
13. 12 across multiplied by 3 19. 15 across reversed
14. One less than 9 across
15. 10 across plus 17 down
17. Next figure after 15 across
18. 1 down squared


There is only one solution to the puzzle and, despite what you may think, there is sufficient information to solve it.

Insert the numbers in the squares marked A to F into the formula below to arrive at the coordinates for the cache.

The cache is located at

N51° 37.ABC W000° 20.DEF

You can check your solution at:



Leave the car park by the Eastern exit and enter Harrow Weald Common through the entrance opposite you.

Harrow Weald Common is a wooded area containing of a maze of paths so choose which to follow using your GPS. My father called this place Bluebell Woods, but then he always had a different name for everything - in fact he had his own unique vocabulary (which he pronounced vocka-bewlerry).

The cache contains an unregistered Travel Bug for the First to Find and assorted swaps.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Chmmyr: Lbh qba'g nyjnlf unir gb fgneg ng gur ortvaavat! Pnpur: Fdhner ebbgf. Phor ebbgf. Abg zber ebbgf!

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)