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 i t | Fly to Epstein's island, perhaps |
| _ β― _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | Not a boat; state of being in an organization |
| _ β― _ _ _ _ _ _ _ | π |
| _ 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." βSenator _____ Collins |
| _ _ _ β― _ _ | Papa, ______, Romeo |
| _ β― _ _ | Frequent Epstein Island visitor Dershowitz |
| _ β― _ _ _ _ _ _ | Last Monday in May: _______ Day |
| _ _ _ _ β― _ | π§ |
Hints, rot13'd (The first is a list of especially USA-centric answers that foreign friends might not feel like looking up):
- HFN-pragevp nafjref: Qrcnegzrag bs qrSrafr, fhFna Pbyyvaf, nYna Qrefubjvgm, zRzbevny Qnl
- Gur rzbwv ner fhccbfrq gb or cncrepyvc naq purrfr
- Gur Unzyrg dhbgr vf va gur "Gb Or be Abg Gb Or" fcrrpu
Solution, rot13'd:
ivFvg / Syl gb Rcfgrva'f vfynaq, creuncf
zRzorefuvc / Abg n obng; fgngr bs orvat va na betnavmngvba
cNcrepyvc / π
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." β_____ Pbyyvaf
dhrOrp / Cncn, ______, Ebzrb
nYna / Serdhrag Rcfgrva Vfynaq ivfvgbe Qrefubjvgm
zRzbevny / Ynfg Zbaqnl va Znl: _______ Qnl
purrFr / π§