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Five by Five (KPC2022) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   other (other)

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Geocache Description:



The cache is not located at the given coordinates. Solve the puzzle below to determine the coordinates of the cache.

Or maybe this should be called Five By Five By Three. Should be an easy one once you figure out what I expect you to do.

Adolph
Emma
Fred
Thom
Herbert
Jalen
Jonny
Scooby
 
Colin
Juwan
Mel
Milton
 
Jimmy
Melanie
Philip
Shaggy
 
Leonard
Ray
Velma
Victoria
 
Homer
Julian
Steven
Yvonne
 
AJ
Cécile
Joe
Marge
 
Dick
Howie
Lisa
Tom
 
Émilie
George
Joey
Nick
 
Kevin
Maggie
Marie
Timmy
 
Augustus
Brian
Dave
Rick
 
Bruce
Lenny
Michael
Veruca
 
Dennis
Jermaine
Mike
Violet
 
Denis
Kevin
Marlon
Mike
 
Carl
Mark
Mike
Tito
 


You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Special Notes about the 2022 Puzzle Challenge: To be considered for Fastest Solver points, you must verify your solution with Certitude. Finders will receive Top Finder points when submitting Found It logs to the cache page. All "point" scoring is arbitrary, subject to change, at the discretion of the cache owner, and probably completely meaningless (unless you just want to be announced sooner at the celebration party, if one even happens in 2023, as we haven't had one for the past two years). The real challenge is to see whether I can even figure out how to create a new puzzle each month this year! To maintain fairness, hints should not be offered by the cache owner or other solvers until the fifteenth of the month.

Special Notes about this month's puzzle: The given coordinates are where I parked when I hid the cache, but the area is gated when the park is closed. Please respect No Parking signs in the area if you look for alternate parking. There is a Fire Station in the area; so it's not a good idea to create unnecessary traffic jams.


First To Solve: KendraH (77 minutes)
First To Log: ddlatham (8 hours)
Named pre-hint solvers: 40
Pre-hint finds logged: 8
KPC2022 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2022 Finders Scoreboard
Previous KPC Puzzle: 240 (KPC2022)
Next KPC Puzzle: Tree  Warming (KPC2022)
Final Exam: KPC2022 Final Exam

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hints added September 15th.] Svyy va gur zvffvat anzr va rnpu iregvpny obk gung jvyy znxr svir qvssrerag frgf bs svir npebff rnpu ubevmbagny tebhc.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
-------------------------
N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)