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It is once again March and the lovely EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "heart".

Oh no! The USA clown President Trump and his buffoonish adviser Elon Musk have canceled hundreds of contracts while accomplishing nothing! Alas, they have disrupted government operations, breaking many things.

Below are clues for many broken things, specifically broken seven-letter words. Each word was broken in half. We gathered up the left-halves and the right-halves. Whoopsie, we lost the middles, the "hearts," as it were. Using the clues, can you figure out the broken words? You can see how we figured out "Madison" from mad and son.

Some might think Trump and Musk are heartless, but when you've figured out the words' missing hearts, you'll find another adjective.

Father of the Constitution: M a d / Ⓘ / s o n
Source of hot air: _ _ _ / ◯ / _ _ _
Place for a cabinet: _ _ _ / ◯ / _ _ _
Out of control: _ _ _ / ◯ / _ _ _
 
Captain or one who flees town: _ _ _ / ◯ / _ _ _
 
Group of vehicles(!): _ _ _ / ◯ / _ _ _
$, slangily: _ _ _ / ◯ / _ _ _
Swamp, e.g., Washington DC: _ _ _ / ◯ / _ _ _
Tried to make a deal: _ _ _ / ◯ / _ _ _

Left-hand words: cab, car, fur, kit, mad, off, run, ski, wet

Right-hand words: ace, age, and, hen, per, red, son, van, way

 

Some hints, rot-13'd

Puzzle solution, also rot-13'd:

znqvfba / Sngure bs gur Pbafgvghgvba
sheanpr / Fbhepr bs ubg nve
xvgpura / Cynpr sbe n pnovarg
ehanjnl / Bhg bs pbageby
fxvccre / Pncgnva be bar jub syrrf gbja
pnenina / Tebhc bs iruvpyrf(!)
pnoontr / $, fynatvyl
jrgynaq / Fjnzc, r.t., Jnfuvatgba QP
bssrerq / Gevrq gb znxr n qrny

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