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

Oh no! The USA clown President Trump wants put his extremely toxic brand on buildings!

Trump Place was a group of mostly-residential buildings in Manhattan's Upper West Side. They were decorated with the name "TRUMP" in big gold letters. Then Donald Trump got elected president and the world saw he was an incompetent clown. Embarrassed Trump Place residents petitioned to have Trump's name taken off the buildings—and they were. What a mess. Silver lining: it inspired this puzzle:

Here we see clues and blanks (and then another set of clues below). In each line, the first set of blanks fits the clue. But then there's a second set of blanks for a word/phrase you get after removing one each T, R, U, M, and P. Maybe helpful: there are clues for these un-TRUMPed answers down below; but they're not in order. When you're done, the letters in circles (happy Pi Day!) spell out another way to get Trump's embarrassing name off buildings.

🌈 continuum s p e c t r u m sc
Plant in a fruit orchard _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ ◯_ _
Towards a river's source _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _◯_
Vehicle hauling gravel, perhaps _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _◯_
Rolling Stones hit, a call to call to action 🎶   _ _ _ _ _   _ _   _ _   🎶 _ _◯_
Rap subgenre associated with DJ Paul _ _ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _◯_
💻️ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _◯_
Historical circus raconteur _   _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _◯
Diana Ross group with hit
🎶 Where Did Our Love Go 🎶
_ _ _   _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _   ◯_ _ _

Clues for short answers:

Some hints, rot13'd to help with, e.g., music from before you were born, maybe:

Solution, rot13'd:

fcrpgehz / fRp / 🌈 pbagvahhz / Tbi'g bet gung vqrnyyl pngpurf vairfgzrag senhq
cyhz gerr / Yrr / Cynag va n sehvg bepuneq / Znegvny negf svyz fgne Oehpr ___
hcfgernz / fRn / Gbjneqf n evire'f fbhepr / 🌊 ng evire'f raq, znlor
qhzc gehpx / qhPx / Iruvpyr unhyvat teniry, creuncf / 🦆
🎶 fgneg zr hc 🎶 / fnGr / Ebyyvat Fgbarf uvg, n pnyy gb pnyy gb npgvba / Svyy pbzcyrgryl
genc zhfvp / nfVp / Enc fhotraer nffbpvngrq jvgu QW Cnhy / _ccyvpngvba-_crpvsvp _agrtengrq _vephvg
pbzchgre / pBr / 💻️ / Vbjn pbyyrtr ubzr gb gur Xbunjxf
c g oneahz / onA / Uvfgbevpny pvephf enpbagrhe / Sbeovq
gur fhcerzrf / ur Frrf / Qvnan Ebff tebhc jvgu uvg…  🎶🤶 __ ____ lbh jura… 🤶🎶
    

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