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Swifties Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:

Cache is not at the posted coordinates (nor is anything related to the cache at the posted coordinates).  Don't look there.


1 2 4 2 8 3 3 4, T. said seasonally. (5,3) [adverb by ecrane, who also suggested 'retrospectively'; formerly 'periodically']
5 4 3 2'2 3 3 5, T. said unironically. (5,1) [sleepyrobin points out this may more accurately be '5 4 3 2 3 3 5.]
3 1'2 3 1 5 5 4, T. said emptily. (6,5)
4 2 4 6 3 4 3 3'2 5 2 7, T. said scorelessly. (11,1)
1 4 3 4 7 4 3 6 2, T. said gamefully. (5,1)
3 3 5 2 2 4, T. said middlingly (3,1)
4 3 2 5 4 2, T. said childishly. (4,3) [adverb by the sweeter half of SweetDuo; formerly 'unmanageably']
3'2 4 7 7 2 4, T. said heatedly. (4,5)
4 1'1 4 5 5 5 5 5 5; 1 5 2 3, T. said spasmodically. (1,3)
2 5 2 3 2 5, T. said fashionably. (6,4)
2'1 3 6 3 3 9 2 2 6, T. said saltily. (6,1)
5 3 1 9, T. said grimly. (4,5) [adverb by ecrane, who also suggested 'dreamily'; formerly 'imaginitively']
2 3 5 4 4 4* 7 4 8, T. said separately. (7,2)
3 2'1 3 4 3 3 3 4 5 5 2 4 6, T. said neighborly. (9,3)
3 6 4 2, T. said protractedly. (2,2)


* Thanks to Fizzymagic, who pointed out that this number is optional (though if you omit it, you'll have to make an adjustment with what's in the parentheses). YMMV.


Free unregistered trackable tags to the first three solvers who find it, JJ said pathologically.


Congrats on thanman2 on FTS and FTF! Note: I am more than willing to update the puzzle for any better adverbs people send in. Assuming they're good, I will happily note and credit your adverb in the appropriate lines above, JJ said qualifiedly.

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Gubfr snzvyvne jvgu Fjvsg zvtug svaq gung univat abguvat urer vf n orggre pyhr guna guvf fragrapr. Uvagf nqqrq nsgre SGS (fubhyq ybjre gb n 3-fgne): 1. Zbq-10 2. Bapr lbh svther bhg gur gurzr, gurer ner n pbhcyr bs sevraqyl guvatf gb uryc lbh aneebj lbhe bcgvbaf: ybbx sbe gur zber pbzzba engure guna gur zber rfbgrevp, naq fbzrguvat hfrshy jvyy or va nycunorgvpny beqre guebhtubhg gur yvarf. 3. Gubhtu V fjrne gung gurer'f abguvat ng gur cbfgrq pbbeqvangrf gung'f eryngrq gb gur gurzr, bguref znl unir urneq qvssreragyl.

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)