It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "concrete".
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump is vain and gets angry when you remind him how much most people despise him!
People often refer to Trump by insulting nicknames: Rancid Cheeto, Tangelo Toddler, Napoleon Bonespurs, Orange Poolius, etc. Members of his staff have learned not to refer to these nicknames in his presence lest he throw a tantrum. But how then to talk about them?
We can imagine a system of codewords, each of which refers to a nickname by using that nickname's last ~syllable as the first syllable of some innocuous word. Figure out which codewords to use for which insulting nicknames and write them in the blanks. When you're done, the first letters of the "leftover" bits (like the second C in conCrete) should spell out a word (but be sure not to say it near Trump!).
| Don the Con | Ⓒrete |
| Tang Tyr- | ◯ |
| Founding Far- | ◯ |
| Sweet Potato Sad- | ◯ |
| Orange Men- | ◯ |
Innocuous codewords:
Acetone,
Antagonist,
Damaged,
Concrete,
Terrain
Some hints, rot13'd:
- Rnpu svany ~flyynoyr ghearq bhg gb or guerr yrggref ybat. Uhu, V qvqa'g cyna gung.
- Fnqqnz vf n uvfgbevpny ersrerapr gb jnaan-or qvpgngbe Uhffrva
- Snegre vf abg inyvq Fpenooyr™ ohg vf inyvq va guvf chmmyr
Solution, rot13'd:
Qba gur / Pba / pbapergr / Pergr Gnat Gle / nag / nagntbavfg / ntbavfg Sbhaqvat Sne / gre / greenva / enva Fjrrg Cbgngb Fnq / qnz / qnzntrq / ntrq Benatr Zra / npr / nprgbar / gbar
