It is #EnigMarch, and each day the excellent EnigMarch people post a prompt word; then puzzle nerds try to design puzzles around that word. (Today's word is round.)
It's neat that if you move the last phoneme in ROUND 'round to the front, it makes a different word, DROWN.
| dⓇo w n | Sleep with the fishes |
| _ _◯_ | Expand |
| _◯_ _ _ | Pile |
| _ _ _◯_ | It's used to |
| ◯_ _ _ | Journey |
| _ _ _◯_ | Cousin of "visual" |
| _ _◯_ | Sheet |
| _ _ _◯ | Body part |
INCH, LOAF, ONYX, PIERCE, ROGUE, ROUND, TAX, WRECKED
Read the circled letters to remind yourself what's going on: Ⓡ◯◯◯◯◯◯◯
Hints and solution, rot13'd:
Nppbeqvat gb gur PZH sbyxf jubfr cubargvp qvpgvbanel V hfr, gur ynfg cubarzr va GNK vf F, abg XF be fbzrfhpu.
Gung pebffrq-bhg "cv" vf n gbb-pyrire-ol-unys ahqtr gung lbh jnag gb fcva CVREPR urer.
Ha-fcha jbeqf, va beqre bs hfr: ebhaq, ebthr, gnk, cvrepr, jerpxrq, balk, ybns, vapu.
Gur fcha jbeqf, va beqre, ner: qEbja, teBj, fGnpx, fcrNe, Gerx, fbaVp, syBr, puvA. Gur pvepyrq yrggref fcryy ebgngvba.
