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4 Down (My Little Briones #1) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
4.5 out of 5
Terrain:
4 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

In celebration of finding the last remaining hide in Briones Regional Park, I've hidden a series of caches in the park itself.  Many of the caches were placed in "why is there no cache here" or "I wonder what this trail leads to" type spots, so hopefully even Briones veterans will see parts of the park they've never seen or rarely visited. And be prepared for normal Briones caching issues (thistles, possible poison oak, ticks, etc.) Enjoy!


Note that this cache was placed prior to the creation of its puzzle, so don't expect anything particularly themed. 

An instruction that may help with the puzzle (5 3 2)

Authentic and typical / Strong, healthy (2 3 3 1 1)

Commonly caught fish / Sapphire or diamond, e.g. (5 5)

Danny who goes to 11 / Release from bonds (5 3 2)

Drink that may cause "brain freeze" / I as in Innsbruck? / Ring setting (6 1 1 2)

False start? / River of Flanders (9 1)

"Fiddlesticks!" / How penthouses may be decorated (6 4)

Galapagos lizard / Biblical twin (1 1 8)

Harp ancestor / Hawkeye rival, briefly (2 2 1 3 2)

Hawaiian guitar, for short / Homeland of N. Mandela / Early Chinese dynasty (5 3 2)

Hebrew for "skyward" / Socially awkward (2 1 1 1 3 1 1)

Heir, perhaps / Add together / Trading day extreme (1 1 4 4)

Mexican tuber / Police or Rush, e.g. (1 4 1 4)

News org. / "Don't bet ____!" / Emphatic article, often (1 1 4 4)

Page opposite verso / pants (4 3 2 1)

Rolle of "Good Times" / Pay heed to; care about (2 3 1 4)

School event / Ankle bone (1 1 2 2 4)

Sharpen by grinding / Sea spots? (2 2 1 3 1 1)

Windy City paper / Word with game or zone (5 1 1 1 2)

With words inverted, a compound word that is part of a title of a Sci-Fi TV franchise that has seen multiple adaptations.  (6 1 2 1)

 

 Cache can be found at N 37 XX.XXX W 122 XX.XXX.

 


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

 

For the first three finders, there are three unused trackables (please take one each).

 

And I owe a massive thank you to teamajk for playtesting and improving the puzzle. Thanks.

 

Congrats to thanman2 for FTF!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1) Svyy va gur tevq, gura jbeel nobhg gur ahzoref va cneragurfrf. 2) Rirel fdhner va gur tevq jvyy or svyyrq. 3) Pyhrf ner tvira va nycunorgvpny beqre, juvpu fhttrfgf guvf znl abg or gur beqre nafjref tb va gur tevq. 4) Gur gvgyr gb gur chmmyr vfa'g ernyyl "4 Qbja"; qvfpbirevat gur gvgyr (naq vgf zrnavat urer) fubhyq uryc lbh yngre. 5) Gurer'f ab arrq sbe fpvffbef va gur chmmyr (gur tevq erznvaf gur funcr vg vf). Ernyyl.

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)