JESTER Mystery Cache
WeBeDnD: Time to retire this one.
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Difficulty:
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Terrain:
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Size: 
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THE CACHE IS NOT AT POSTED COORDINATES,
BUT IT IS WITHIN A MILE. Bring your own pen!
This fast food jester named Jack,
Who's well known for his grub in a sack,
Snuck out of his shop,
Just to make a cache drop,
Or was it really a Big Mac attack?
This puzzle involves a keyword substitution cipher. The
hardest part may be in determining the key. But then again, maybe
not. I learned how to do this type of cipher by doing one of
The Rat's puzzle caches, which may help you get started.
Decrypt this ciphertext to determine the correct coordinates for
the cache.
CIXKAODKZYQWKLY
IAKTYLYIALAYVUO
KQKIFGKPGWCIXKA
ODKZYQWKCGNGWLQ
NGKPAGGLAYVUYWM
QKIFGQWNYQDGXYH
3/15/05 - Added hint numbers 2 & 3.
4/23/05 - Clarified hint #2 (thanks zipcode!)
11/11/05 - Sometime in the next 2 to 4 weeks I intend to provide
instructions for solving this cache... To make it more of a cipher
tutorial... To convince those of you that may have an aversion to
puzzles that these are indeed solveable by anyone. So if you've
solved the puzzle, get to it soon! Once I add the instructions, the
difficulty will be reduced from 3.5 stars to 2.5 stars.
01/21/06 - SOLUTION SPOILER: If you want explicit instructions on
how to solve this puzzle, click HERE.
If you used the spoiler solution, the difficulty is reduced to 2.5
stars.
Additional Hints
(Decrypt)
[1] gur xrljbeq vf ng gur obthf pbbeqvangrf.
[2] gur pyrnegrkg xrl (abg gur fbyhgvba gb gur pvcuregrkg nobir) fgnegf jvgu 'd' juvpu pbeerfcbaqf gb gur svefg yrggre bs gur pvcuregrkg xrl juvpu vf nyfb gur svefg yrggre bs gur xrljbeq.
[3] gur cynvagrkg jbeq 'cbvag' nccrnef gjvpr va gur chmmyr fbyhgvba.