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School Days Puzzles #11: Hidden Talents Mystery Cache

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=Andy_R: The caches have been collected and this series is no more. My thanks to all the previous finders. If you'd like to know the solution to any of the puzzles, feel free to contact me.

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Hidden : 7/13/2012
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Not at the published coordinates which are for a pub. This is the eleventh puzzle in my School Days Puzzles series, where each puzzle is based on a different school subject. All of the puzzles can be picked up on a circular walk starting and ending in Downside. There are several traditional caches, a few other puzzles, and a couple of church micros en-route as well.

There's more than one way to solve this puzzle. The picture below will give you four "talented" individuals and thus numbers for A to D.

SDP#4 Pictures

Solving the following cryptic crossword style clues will give you the theme of the puzzle.

  • Folk find rogue upset and confused. (10)
  • Leaders seeking solution, find it within. (5)
Cache at:
      N 51 X W 000 Y

Where:
      1000X = A x (A+C)² x (B+C)² x [(B+C) x B x D + (C + D)]
      1000Y = A x [(A+B) x (B+C) x D + (B+C+D)] x [(A+B+C) x (B+C)² + B]

There are micro certificates for the first 9 finders.



The school days puzzles series (so far) is:

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Puzzle] 1. Frr Eryngrq Jro Cntr. 2. Abzvany, uvture. [Cache] Frr Trbpurpx.

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)