# Pluses and Minuses

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

<table><thead><tr><th width="129.33333333333331" align="center">Page</th><th width="438">Sentence</th><th align="center">Answer</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">1</td><td>Anglers Chum</td><td align="center">Bait</td></tr><tr><td align="center">2</td><td>useful unix command</td><td align="center">Cat</td></tr><tr><td align="center">3</td><td>Ramadan or Yom Kippur</td><td align="center">Fast</td></tr><tr><td align="center">4</td><td>Whitneys Cotton Machine</td><td align="center">Gin</td></tr><tr><td align="center">5</td><td>Intoxicated</td><td align="center">Drunk</td></tr><tr><td align="center">6</td><td>Cashews and Pecans</td><td align="center">Nuts</td></tr><tr><td align="center">7</td><td>Gusto Gershwin Got</td><td align="center">Rhythm</td></tr><tr><td align="center">8</td><td>Brie Larson Film</td><td align="center">Room</td></tr><tr><td align="center">9</td><td>Cold War Missile treaty</td><td align="center">Salt</td></tr><tr><td align="center">10</td><td>Kind of Football</td><td align="center">Touch</td></tr><tr><td align="center">11</td><td>Melancholic Feelings</td><td align="center">Blues</td></tr><tr><td align="center">12</td><td>Get on a ship or plane</td><td align="center">Board</td></tr><tr><td align="center">13</td><td>Long pieces of cloth</td><td align="center">Bolts</td></tr><tr><td align="center">14</td><td>Not sweet</td><td align="center">Disorderly</td></tr><tr><td align="center">15</td><td>Asian board game</td><td align="center">Go</td></tr><tr><td align="center">16</td><td>Like some change or ends</td><td align="center">Loose</td></tr><tr><td align="center">17</td><td>Track pad alternative</td><td align="center">Mouse</td></tr><tr><td align="center">18</td><td>Marvel Miss Potts</td><td align="center">Pepper</td></tr><tr><td align="center">19</td><td>Nintendo Console</td><td align="center">Switch</td></tr><tr><td align="center">20</td><td>First note in a scale</td><td align="center">Tonic</td></tr></tbody></table>

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.

<table><thead><tr><th align="right">Circle</th><th width="57.333333333333314" align="center">&#x26;</th><th>Square</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="right">Salt</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Pepper</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Gin</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Tonic</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Bait</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Switch</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Nuts</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Bolts</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Room</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Board</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Cat</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Mouse</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Fast</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Loose</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Rhythm</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Blues</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Touch</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Go</td></tr><tr><td align="right">Drunk</td><td align="center">&#x26;</td><td>Disorderly</td></tr></tbody></table>

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&#x20;

**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

<table><thead><tr><th width="110" align="center">Circle</th><th width="133" align="center">Code</th><th width="112" align="center">Square</th><th width="87" align="center">Code</th><th>Combined</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">Salt</td><td align="center">9C3XGV58</td><td align="center">Pepper</td><td align="center">X66</td><td>9C3XGV58+X66</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Gin</td><td align="center">87G8H2FJ</td><td align="center">Tonic</td><td align="center">V63</td><td>87G8H2FJ+V63</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Bait</td><td align="center">6PM34MVM</td><td align="center">Switch</td><td align="center">HV9</td><td>6PM34MVM+HV9</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Nuts</td><td align="center">8645Q537</td><td align="center">Bolts</td><td align="center">2J3</td><td>8645Q537+2J3</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Room</td><td align="center">85634M23</td><td align="center">Board</td><td align="center">HX9</td><td>85634M23+HX9</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Cat</td><td align="center">6PH57VJ9</td><td align="center">Mouse</td><td align="center">VJR</td><td>6PH57VJ9+VJR</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Fast</td><td align="center">588MC8CV</td><td align="center">Loose</td><td align="center">2X4</td><td>588MC8CV+2X4</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Rhythm</td><td align="center">865QQJ63</td><td align="center">Blues</td><td align="center">P9W</td><td>865QQJ63+P9W</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Touch</td><td align="center">87JC8WVC</td><td align="center">Go</td><td align="center">8PX</td><td>87JC8WVC+8PX</td></tr><tr><td align="center">Drunk</td><td align="center">849VQQFG</td><td align="center">Disorderly</td><td align="center">W84</td><td>849VQQFG+W84</td></tr></tbody></table>

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

<table><thead><tr><th width="98" align="center">Solve</th><th width="112" align="center">City</th><th width="110" align="center">Country</th><th width="174" align="center">Location</th><th>Address</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td align="center">1</td><td align="center">London</td><td align="center">England</td><td align="center">9C3XGV58+X66</td><td>Piccadilly, London, UK</td></tr><tr><td align="center">2</td><td align="center">New York</td><td align="center">USA</td><td align="center">87G8H2FJ+V63</td><td>Surf Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11224, United States</td></tr><tr><td align="center">3</td><td align="center">Singapore</td><td align="center">Singapore</td><td align="center">6PH57VJ9+VJR</td><td>Marina South, Singapore<br>Garden by the Bay<br>(Near Satay by the Bay)</td></tr><tr><td align="center">4</td><td align="center">Dallas</td><td align="center">USA</td><td align="center">8645Q537+2J3</td><td>1003 Cedar Hill Ave, Dallas, TX 75208, USA</td></tr><tr><td align="center">5</td><td align="center">Los Angeles</td><td align="center">USA</td><td align="center">85634M23+HX9</td><td>7097 Hollywood Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90028, United States</td></tr><tr><td align="center">6</td><td align="center">Kuala Lumpur</td><td align="center">Malaysia</td><td align="center">6PM34MVM+HV9</td><td>Perdana Botanical Gardens, 50480 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia</td></tr><tr><td align="center">7</td><td align="center">São Paulo</td><td align="center">Brazil</td><td align="center">588MC8CV+2X4</td><td>Praça Carlos Gardel - Paraíso, São Paulo - SP, 04005-030, Brazil</td></tr><tr><td align="center">8</td><td align="center">Atlanta</td><td align="center">USA</td><td align="center">865QQJ63+P9W</td><td>300 Marietta St NW, Atlanta, GA 30313, USA</td></tr><tr><td align="center">9</td><td align="center">Boston</td><td align="center">USA</td><td align="center">87JC8WVC+8PX</td><td>450 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02118, USA</td></tr><tr><td align="center">10</td><td align="center">Oakland</td><td align="center">USA</td><td align="center">849VQQFG+W84</td><td>Fruitvale, Oakland, CA 94601, USA</td></tr></tbody></table>


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