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Familiarity Breeds Contempt Mystery Cache

Hidden : 7/19/2005
Difficulty:
5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   small (small)

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Geocache Description:

This "stupid Dublin Puzzle Cache" may cause you to reach your melting point.

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Please do not seek the main coordinates, as they are quite bogus. Cache container is an (unused) sample cup which will hold 3 trade items, a pencil, log sheet, and even a travel bug attached to a smaller item, so I am calling it "small".

You'll waste gas driving around without a solid destination, so be sure to bring plenty of liquid refreshment. In elementaly school during lunch periodic this puzzle was voted "most likely to drink you under the table", so select your beverage carefully.

Find the common denominator to the keywords in the above text to discover the substitution system needed. Two simple transformations are required - one before the substitution system mapping and another after. There is also a subtle obfuscation of the substitution system after the first transformation that will only serve to confuse humans (ie: not Google), but it is just a bit of simple eye trickery.

Some assembly required, spaces are not included, operators are standing by. Admission is FREE radical!

One last bit of advice - substitution can be a two-way street.

Please, no hints in your logs.

Official Dublin Puzzle Cache, placed with permission of the Dublin Division of Parks & Open Spaces

Additional Hints (Decrypt)

1. Onfvp Genafsbez 2. Pnfr 3. Fcnpr 4. Fhofgvghgr 5. Svany Genafsbez Gur fvatyr qvtvgf bs gur pbbeqvangrf jvyy fhz gb 50 vs gur fbyhgvba vf pbeerpg.

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)