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 coin.)
Below are some blanks with some letters filled in. There are six sets of blanks, each for some phrase. Below those are six clues. Alas, it's not clear which clues go with which blanks.
_ _ _ H_ _ _E_ _ _ _A_D
_T_ _ _ _ _ _A_I_L_
_H_ _ _E_ A_D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_H_ _ _ _ _ _E _A_ _ _ _ _ _ _D _ _ _ _ _
T_ _ _A_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _I_L
_T_A_ _ _ _ _ _I_L_ _
- Assassinated John F. Kennedy
- Electrical storm phenomena
- Movie with Gort the robot
- Movie with Gort the robot (yep, same one)
- Recently out-of-copyright Mickey Mouse short
- They cause a form of rat-bite fever
When you're done filling in the blanks, take one letter from each phrase to get a word that feels right for coins: ◯◯◯◯◯◯ (Which letter? Hmmm, I guess you'll have to figure that out.)
Hints and solution, rot13'd:
Gur zbivr jvgu Tbeg gur ebobg vf Gur Qnl Gur Rnegu Fgbbq Fgvyy; vg svgf bar frg bs "urnq" oynaxf naq bar frg bs "gnvy" oynaxf.
Fgercgbonpvyyv pna pnhfr eng-ovgr srire.
Gb xabj juvpu yrggre gb gnxr sebz n cuenfr, pbafvqre jurgure vgf oynaxf unir "urnq" be "gnvy".
Vs "urnq", hfr gur svefg yrggre; vs "gnvy", gur ynfg.
Urer'f gur shyy qngn:
y / urnq / yrr uneirl bfjnyq / Nffnffvangrq Wbua S. Xraarql
v / gnvy / fgercgbonpvyyv / Gurl pnhfr n sbez bs eng-ovgr srire
g / urnq / guhaqre naq yvtugavat / Ryrpgevpny fgbez curabzran
g / urnq / gur qnl gur rnegu fgbbq fgvyy / Zbivr jvgu Tbeg gur ebobg
y / gnvy / gur qnl gur rnegu fgbbq fgvyy / Zbivr jvgu Tbeg gur ebobg
r / gnvy / fgrnzobng jvyyvr / Erpragyl bhg-bs-pbclevtug Zvpxrl Zbhfr fubeg
Gur svefg/ynfg yrggref fcryy yvggyr.
