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Unnamed Preserve Cache (KPC2023) Mystery Cache

Difficulty:
4 out of 5
Terrain:
1.5 out of 5

Size: Size:   micro (micro)

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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.

There are probably some puzzlers who could solve this without any clues, but I'm providing a couple that should hopefully make this one not too difficult.

  • adorn.checked.keenly
  • bony.windowsills.planted
  • untold.disables.pinup
  • networking.steeple.rake
  • prosperous.entries.jukeboxes
  • sing.basements.lament
  • reimagine.tiptoe.satisfied
  • tribe.grumpy.airlifts
  • throw.refreshes.bedside
  • snowdrops.insomniacs.mouth
  • discharges.restaurant.plausibly
  • transferred.aggregates.repairs
  • spoof.screenings.ecstatic
  • porcupines.skiffs.jammy
  • pose.visible.sidewalk

You can validate your puzzle solution with certitude.

Special Notes about the 2023 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, which will probably happen in Spring 2024). The real challenge is to see whether I can keep from getting so frustrated by submitting caches that I decide to quit! 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: Oh yeah, I did promise a hint. Use only six significant digits. After twelve hours, decided to bump the difficulty from 3.5 to 4.


First To Solve: ddlatham (75 minutes)
First To Log: ddlatham (135 minutes)
Named pre-hint solvers: 16
Pre-hint finds logged: 5
KPC2023 Solvers Scoreboard
KPC2023 Finders Scoreboard
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Additional Hints (Decrypt)

[Hints added July 15th.] jung3jbeqf. Pbaireg Yng naq Ybat gb fvk qvtvgf rnpu (znxr fher gb ebhaq pbeerpgyl). Hfr 12-qvtvg inyhr nf gvgyr npebalz.

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)