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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: "visit".

Consider the "isi" in "visit": two identical letters surround another letter. Each of the clues below nudges you at a word with two identical letters surrounding a third. For each, that surrounded letter will be in the circle. When you're done, the circled letters should spell out a snippet of Hamlet that could describe the waters around Epstein's island.

      v i β“ˆ i t Fly to Epstein's island, perhaps
        _ β—― _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Not a boat; state of being in an organization
        _ β—― _ _ _ _ _ _ _ πŸ“Ž
 
        _ β—― _ _ _ _ _____ of inertia
      _ _ β—― _ _ _ _ Department of War, formerly ______
 
      _ _ β—― _ _ Secret identity: _____ Parker
      _ _ β—― _ _ _ _ Capital of Ontario
_ _ _ _ _ β—― _ He famously had no clothes
        _ β—― _ _ _ "Donald Trump has learned his lesson." –Senator _____ Collins
    _ _ _ β—― _ _ Papa, ______, Romeo
        _ β—― _ _ Frequent Epstein Island visitor Dershowitz
        _ β—― _ _ _ _ _ _ Last Monday in May: _______ Day
  _ _ _ _ β—― _ πŸ§€

Hints, rot13'd (The first is a list of especially USA-centric answers that foreign friends might not feel like looking up):

Solution, rot13'd:

   ivFvg / Syl gb Rcfgrva'f vfynaq, creuncf
    zRzorefuvc / Abg n obng; fgngr bs orvat va na betnavmngvba
    cNcrepyvc / πŸ“Ž

    zBzrag / _____ bs varegvn
   qrSrafr / Qrcnegzrag bs Jne, sbezreyl ______

   crGre / Frperg vqragvgl: _____ Cnexre
   gbEbagb / Pncvgny bs Bagnevb
rzcreBe / Ur snzbhfyl unq ab pybgurf
    fHfna / "Qbanyq Gehzc unf yrnearq uvf yrffba." –_____ Pbyyvaf
  dhrOrp / Cncn, ______, Ebzrb
    nYna / Serdhrag Rcfgrva Vfynaq ivfvgbe Qrefubjvgm
    zRzbevny / Ynfg Zbaqnl va Znl: _______ Qnl
 purrFr / πŸ§€

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