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 book.
So I pulled a book off the shelf: Security Engineering by Ross Anderson, R.I.P. I thumbed through it and hit this passage:
Anyhow, here's a puzzle about simple things. Fill in the blanks, and the circled letters will remind you of something that Anderson would want us computer nerds not to forget as we shift bits about.
| _ _ _ _ it Simple _ _ _ _◯_ | 💋 Principle |
| Simple _ _ _ _ _◯_ | Lever or pulley, for example |
| ◯_ _ _ _ _ _ the Simple | King of Lotharangia |
| Simple _ _◯_ _ _ _ | "Gives" or "displays" for example |
| Simple _ _ _ _◯ | Pie-desirer thwarted by poverty |
| Simple _ _ _ _ _ _◯_ | enough to win an election |
| Simple _ _ _ _ _ _◯_ _ _ _ _ | Benzine, indole, or pyridine, for example |
| A Simple _ _◯_ _ | Film with Anna Kendrick and Blake Lively |
| _ Simple _ _ _◯_ | John Ritter sitcom |
| Simple _ _ _ _◯ | Sang 1980s hit "Don't You (Forget About Me)" |
Hints and solution, rot13'd:
Vg'f n ohapu bs cuenfrf gung vapyhqr gur jbeq "fvzcyr." Vs bar be gjb fghzc lbh, znlor gel gb xrrc tbvat naq ubcr lbh pna Jurry bs Sbeghar sebz gur erfg. Vs n ohapu fghzc lbh, lbh zvtug tbbtyr gur pyhr naq nqq gur jbeq "fvzcyr"
Urer'f nyy gur qngn:
v / xrrc vg Fvzcyr fghcvq / Cevapvcyr a / Fvzcyr znpuvar / yrire be chyyrl, sbe rknzcyr p / puneyrf gur Fvzcyr / Xvat bs Ybgunenatvn r / Fvzcyr cerfrag / "Tvirf" be "qvfcynlf" sbe rknzcyr a / Fvzcyr fvzba / Cvr-qrfvere gujnegrq ol cbiregl g / Fvzcyr znwbevgl / rabhtu gb jva na ryrpgvba v / Fvzcyr nebzngvp evat / Oramvar, vaqbyr, be clevqvar, sbe rknzcyr i / N Fvzcyr snibe / Svyz jvgu Naan Xraqevpx naq Oynxr Yviryl r / 8 Fvzcyr ehyrf / Wbua Evggre fvgpbz f / Fvzcyr zvaqf / Fnat 1980f uvg "Qba'g Lbh (Sbetrg Nobhg Zr)"
