Pluses and Minuses

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Each page contains hidden letters among the +/- symbols that when extracted arecrossword clues to be solved.

Page	Sentence	Answer
1	Anglers Chum	Bait
2	useful unix command	Cat
3	Ramadan or Yom Kippur	Fast
4	Whitneys Cotton Machine	Gin
5	Intoxicated	Drunk
6	Cashews and Pecans	Nuts
7	Gusto Gershwin Got	Rhythm
8	Brie Larson Film	Room
9	Cold War Missile treaty	Salt
10	Kind of Football	Touch
11	Melancholic Feelings	Blues
12	Get on a ship or plane	Board
13	Long pieces of cloth	Bolts
14	Not sweet	Disorderly
15	Asian board game	Go
16	Like some change or ends	Loose
17	Track pad alternative	Mouse
18	Marvel Miss Potts	Pepper
19	Nintendo Console	Switch
20	First note in a scale	Tonic

As hinted by the Title of Pluses and Minuses, Each of these answers can be combined with another to make a _____ & ______ phrase, with one half being an answer from a circles page and the other from a squares page.

Circle	&	Square
Salt	&	Pepper
Gin	&	Tonic
Bait	&	Switch
Nuts	&	Bolts
Room	&	Board
Cat	&	Mouse
Fast	&	Loose
Rhythm	&	Blues
Touch	&	Go
Drunk	&	Disorderly

Reviewing the remaining symbols in the puzzle, it can be identified as the esoteric Brainfuck language and can be decrypted here (https://www.dcode.fr/brainfuck-language). Removing the excess letters and running the sequence on each page gives a string of letters and numbers.

ie. Removing the letters ANGLERS CHUM from the page leaves the followign sequence

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Which when run with the provided link above give the output of

6PM34MVM

This is one half of a Google Plus code, an alternative form of GPS coordinates. Completing this for all pages and pairing them up properly gives the following codes

Circle	Code	Square	Code	Combined
Salt	9C3XGV58	Pepper	X66	9C3XGV58+X66
Gin	87G8H2FJ	Tonic	V63	87G8H2FJ+V63
Bait	6PM34MVM	Switch	HV9	6PM34MVM+HV9
Nuts	8645Q537	Bolts	2J3	8645Q537+2J3
Room	85634M23	Board	HX9	85634M23+HX9
Cat	6PH57VJ9	Mouse	VJR	6PH57VJ9+VJR
Fast	588MC8CV	Loose	2X4	588MC8CV+2X4
Rhythm	865QQJ63	Blues	P9W	865QQJ63+P9W
Touch	87JC8WVC	Go	8PX	87JC8WVC+8PX
Drunk	849VQQFG	Disorderly	W84	849VQQFG+W84

Looking up thes Plus Codes on Google Maps gives 10 locations.

Solve	City	Country	Location	Address
1	London	England	9C3XGV58+X66	Piccadilly, London, UK
2	New York	USA	87G8H2FJ+V63	Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States
3	Singapore	Singapore	6PH57VJ9+VJR	Marina South, Singapore Garden by the Bay (Near Satay by the Bay)
4	Dallas	USA	8645Q537+2J3	1003 Cedar Hill Ave, Dallas, TX 75208, USA
5	Los Angeles	USA	85634M23+HX9	7097 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States
6	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	6PM34MVM+HV9	Perdana Botanical Gardens, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
7	São Paulo	Brazil	588MC8CV+2X4	Praça Carlos Gardel - Paraíso, São Paulo - SP, 04005-030, Brazil
8	Atlanta	USA	865QQJ63+P9W	300 Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA
9	Boston	USA	87JC8WVC+8PX	450 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02118, USA
10	Oakland	USA	849VQQFG+W84	Fruitvale, Oakland, CA 94601, USA