It is March and the lovely EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "draw".
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump, back towards the end of his disastrous first term, tweeted about the incoming Hurricane Dorian. He tweeted about which US states would be hit—but alas, he's stupid, so he mistakenly added Alabama to the list. This confused some Alabamans, who then did something dangeous: They asked about the mistake. Trump threw a tantrum and published a video in which he showed a map illustrating where the hurricane would go—a map which somebody had crudely drawn on with a Sharpie pen, trying to extend the path so that it reached Alabama.
When asked later, Trump said he wasn't sure who had altered the map. Yes, who on earth had motive to edit the map to try to reflect Trump's asinine statement? Who could it be?
Five years later, almost half of America's voters re-elected this man. Oh my goodness. What? Oh, right, the puzzle. ahem
We had some nice words, but some clown insists on adding AL to each of them. For example, he saw fine and turned it to finale. We filled in that one. Can you fill in the rest? When you do, the circled letters spell out a better medium for the clown's future artistic endeavors:
| Grand end of a narrative. E.g.: Question Hound haunted an attic with ghostly fire: | Ⓕi n a L e |
| Not all animals here are poisonous! (Some are venomous): | _ _ _ _ _ _ _◯_ |
| America's Got…: | _ _ _ _◯_ |
| Good app for consumers. Not so good for Houthi PC Small Group, tho: | _ _◯_ _ _ |
| Hanlon said not to confuse it with stupidity; Trump said "Why not both?": | _ _ _ _ _◯ |
| Who you'll have to ask for vaccines next year, probably: | _ _ _ _ _◯ |
| Loon ex-governor who still gets on talk shows somehow? (That link is a spoiler, but I fear the young folks might not remember this loon): | ◯_ _ _ _ |
| Election fraud conspiracy theorist's fixation: | _◯_ _ _ _ |
| It's salty (more as in briny than in whiny): | _ _ _◯_ _ |
| Eagle's got…: | _ _ _ _◯ |
| Tasty treat that may be big and/or hot: | ◯_ _ _ _ _ |
Original (Do not call them "correct") words: Austria, blot, deer, fine, mice, pin, sign, sine, tame, tent, ton
Hints, rot-13'd:
- Ubhguv CP Fznyy Tebhc jnf ba gur Fvtany ncc
- Cnyva jnf Nynfxn'f ybba Tbireabe, abj n ybba chaqvg
- Fnyvar vf fnygl
Solution, rot-13'd:
Svanyr / svar / Tenaq raq bs n aneengvir. nhfgenyVn / nhfgevn / Abg nyy navznyf urer ner cbvfbabhf! gnyrAg / grag / Nzrevpn'f Tbg fvTany / fvta / Tbbq ncc sbe pbafhzref. Abg fb tbbq sbe Ubhguv CP Fznyy Tebhc, gub znyvpR / zvpr / Unayba fnvq abg gb pbashfr vg jvgu fghcvqvgl; Gehzc fnvq "Jul abg obgu?" qrnyrE / qrre / Jub lbh'yy unir gb nfx sbe inppvarf arkg lrne, cebonoyl Cnyva / cva / Ybba rk-tbireabe jub fgvyy trgf ba gnyx fubjf fbzrubj oNyybg / oybg / Ryrpgvba senhq pbafcvenpl gurbevfg'f svkngvba fnyVar / fvar / Vg'f fnygl (zber nf va oeval guna va juval) gnybA / gba / Rntyr'f tbg Gnznyr / gnzr / Gnfgl gerng gung znl or ovt naq/be ubg
