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A little bit of this, a little bit of that (PE-3) Mystery Cache

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Hidden : 10/13/2013
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   not chosen (not chosen)

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Geocache Description:

Summary

** CACHE IS NOT AT POSTED COORDINATES **

Found this spot in our wanderings and liked its potential.  I've had multiple puzzle ideas kicking around my head, so to make this interesting, you're going to have to work for the coordinates and no giveaway on container size as GZ has some potential...


Description
I've tried to make a simple puzzle complex but we'll see... As for the hide itself, the "E" in brackets refers to my evil series of hides so the challenge shouldn't end with the puzzle itself.  Chose GZ based on various options to hide small and large caches alike. Some will no doubt find this quickly, others may need to search for a bit.  It hopefully presents at least a bit of a challange for all.  Enjoy!!
Some would call the first level of encryption a cipher. Depends on your definition. To know when you've broken through the first level successfully, you need to look for a lack of something."
Puzzle time:
ZTJWLZNDWWNVWRZRUIVGLVIAXNIHLXXJJXRVZIRZYVDRWLNXVLZJJJPNUXXVTVHJXTRDRXXHDRXXHJKGRRWRHNOTRJZ

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

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To preserve the caching experience, please replace the hide EXACTLY as found, be sure not to drop any hints in your logs as this is meant to be challenging. I will delete all logs that provide hints and clues as to the solution of this puzzle. As always, difficulty will be adjusted if it seems needed to most accurately represent the challenge level of this cache. Cordinates are an average of multiple attempts. You may or may not need a TOTT. It may or may not be winter friendly.

What's with the bracket stuff in the title you may be wondering?
It's simply my personal identifier. The last letter (or sometimes only letter) refers to the hide itself and choices will be:
Traditional style of hide - typically the hide should be a typical container hidden in a "typical" caching way
Kid friendly hide - child reachable, findable and room for tradeables. Aimed at the little cachers.
and Evil style of hide - Something about it that makes me rub my hands together maniacally in anticipation. Perhaps more unique camo, different hiding technique, lots of options at GZ...

If there is two letters together, the first will refer to the style of cache. Puzzle, Multi, Earth, Letterbox etc.

The number after the dash simply is the number of hides in that series for me. Don't expect this number to get too big.

No FTF certificate available, but I will list out the "firsts" later (First to Sign/Find and First to Log Find Electronically)
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Congratulations to the following cachers:
FTF (met all requirements): T S K, Jean Deniche. 4elements5senses, crackerjackie, JB, jbduffman, klblue, Old Billygoat, rurbonas, ruylopez and trag_cachers
FTS (sign the log): T S K, Jean Deniche. 4elements5senses, crackerjackie, JB, jbduffman, klblue, Old Billygoat, rurbonas, ruylopez and trag_cachers
FTL (log electronically): rurbonas

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Jryy guvf unf ghearq bhg gb or gbhture guna V gubhtug naq n srj pnpuref unir ernpurq bhg sbe n uvag naq urer vg vf: 1) Guerr "rapelcgvba" grpuavdhrf jrer hfrq gb znxr guvf chmmyr. 2) Gb xabj lbh unir tbggra cnfg gur svefg yriry bs "rapelcgvba", lbh fubhyq abgvpr n cnegvphyne ynpx bs fbzrguvat gung jvyy frrz bqq.

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)