It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "classic".
Oh no! The USA clown President Trump, who famously doesn't drink alcohol, put his name on a brand of Vodka! He doesn't drink because he blames alcohol for killing his brother, and yet he still wanted everybody else to dr… Sorry, I need a moment.
Here's a puzzle about beverages. Each clue below describes a long word like "classic." Each long word contains the name of a beverage like "lassi." Write words in blanks; when you're done, the circled letters in the beverage names should spell a beverage-adjacent-ish word. That beverage-adjacent-ish word contains a short word to describe Trump when he's so greedy that he takes money to put his name on a beverage he considers deadly. Note that when you form that short word, it's from the alcohol beverages.
| 🏛️ Like original Coca-Cola 🏛️ | c l a s s i c | l aⓈs i |
| The S in ESPN | _ _ _ _ _ _ | ◯_ _ _ |
| 🚂 or motor | _ _ _ _ _ _ | _◯_ |
| Townsfolk | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _ _◯_ _ |
| ___ Cage, Face/Off costar | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | _◯_ _ |
| Vapor rising from 🫖 | _ _ _ _ _ | ◯_ _ |
Hints, rot13'd:
- Nppbeqvat gb VZQO, Snpr/Bss vf gur zbivr Avpbynf Pntr vf orfg xabja sbe? Uhu.
- Jung vs gubfr gbjafsbyx jrer fvatvat LZPN?
- Gur ybat jbeqf ner fcbegf, ratvar, ivyyntref, avpbynf, naq fgrnz
Solution, rot13'd:
ynFfv / pynffvp / 🏛️ Yvxr bevtvany Pbpn-Pbyn 🏛️ Cbeg / fcbegf / Gur F va RFCA tVa / ratvar / 🚂 be zbgbe ynTre / ivyyntref / Gbjafsbyx pByn / avpbynf / ___ Pntr, Snpr/Bss pbfgne Grn / fgrnz / Incbe evfvat sebz 🫖