Pluses and Minuses
Each page contains hidden letters among the +/- symbols that when extracted arecrossword clues to be solved.
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.
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
+++++++++++>++++++++<++>>++++++++>+++++++++<+<+++++<+++>+>>++<+++++>++++++<++><+++>+<+++<++>++>++++++++++++<++<+>++<>++++++++++++++++++++++<+++++++>++++.<++++>>+++++++++++++++++++>>+++++>++++<+<++++<++++++++++++>+<++++++>+++++++++++++<>+++++++<+++++++++++++.<++++++>---.---<---->--------------<--<+>---.+.+++>++++++++++>++++++>++++++>+<+++++++++><<+++++++++++++>++++++++++++++++++<+++++++++++++++++L>+++>++<<++<++++>++++++<+++.+++++++++.---------.+>+++++<+>+++++++<++++++++<++++++<>>++++++++++<><+++<+++++<+>+++++++>+++><++++++>>+++++++>++++++++++>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<+>++++++++++<+<++++++++++++++++++++++>++++++<++>++++><+<>+++>+++++>+++++++<++++<<+++<+++++<+<++++++++++<++++>+++++>>
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
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.
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
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