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Symbology XI: Honeycombs Mystery Cache

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fishiam: For the second time I am leaving geocaching. Being virtually geo-stalked and harassed via log-entries on numerous geocaches over the past few years has grown wearisome and ended my enjoyment. I wish the sport well, and will miss a few of the geo-friends I've made.

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Hidden : 3/25/2009
Difficulty:
3 out of 5
Terrain:
1 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

Similar rules to the Numbrix puzzles published in Parade magazine every week (see User's Page).

Fill out the honeycombs with the numbers 1-91. Consecutive numbers must share a cell wall, thus the sequence 1-91 is like a long snake that fulls the entire honeycomb. Then do the math shown below the puzzles using numbers from the shaded (A-H and S-Z) cells.

The cache coordinates are:
N 47 (C+21).(2A+5B-2C-4D-5S+5T-U-3V)
W 122 (X-33).(3E-2F+3G-2H+2W+2X+4Y-5Z)
and, to be clear, 2A means 2 times value of A (i.e., 2*A)

My thanks to mudder91 for beta testing these puzzles and discovering there were multiple solutions to the initial configuration. Hopefully the extra numbers have fixed that problem. If you should solve the puzzle and get incorrect coordinates, please send me a picture of your solved puzzle and I'll adjust the puzzle if necessary.

Congratulations to SeaC2 for scoring the FTF geochecker disagreement notwithstanding!

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

Fbhgu cbfg

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)