It is March and the lovely #EnigMarch people have challenged puzzle designers to write a puzzle inspired by today's word: "fill".
Can you fill in the surnames below? To help you out, the full list of surnames (not in order) is below the grid. If you're still having trouble, you might consult Wikipedia's handy List of people named in the Epstein files, the info source for this puzzle. When you're done, the circled letters should spell out another person who appears many times in the Epstein files, especially the redactions.
| BILL | C l i nⓉo n | US President |
| BILL | _ _ _◯_ _ _ _ _ _ | New Mexico Governor |
| BRETT | _ _ _ _◯_ | Film director of Melania (2026) |
| HOWARD | _◯_ _ _ _ _ | US Secretary of Commerce |
| PETER | _ _ _ _ _ _◯_ _ | British diplomat |
| JOHN | _ _ _ _◯_ | US Secretary of the Navy |
| ADAM | _ _◯_ | Blockstream cryptocurrency firm co-founder |
| WOODY | _◯_ _ _ | Film director |
| JOI | _ _◯ | MIT Media Lab head |
| ALAN | _ _ _ _ _ _◯_ _ _ | Lawyer to Epstein, Trump, Weinstein |
| ROBERT F. | _ _◯_ _ _ _ | US Secretary of Health and Human Services |
| DEEPAK | _ _ _◯_ _ | New age guru |
| EHUD | _ _◯_ _ | Israel Prime Minister |
| PETER | _ _ _◯_ | Palantir, PayPal co-founder |
| BILL | _ _ _ _◯ | Microsoft co-founder |
| SERGEY | _ _◯_ | Google co-founder |
| THORBJØRN | _ _ _ _ _ _◯ | Norway Prime Minister |
| GHISLAINE | _ _ _ _◯_ _ | British socialite |
| STEVE | _ _◯_ _ _ | White House chief strategist |
| KEN | _◯_ _ _ | Lawyer, Whitewater controversy investigator |
| BØRGE | _ _ _ _◯_ | World Economic Forum CEO |
| CHRISTOPHER "MOOT" | _◯_ _ _ | 4chan founder |
| LES | _ _ _◯_ _ | Bath & Body Works co-founder, Victoria's Secret investor |
| DAN | ◯_ _ _ _ _ | Academic who wrote about human irrationality |
| DAVID | _◯_ _ _ _ | Magician, escape artist, breath holder |
| RONALD | _ _ _◯_ _ | Cosmetics heir |
| MIROSLAV | _ _◯_ _ _ | UN General Assemby President |
| THOMAS | _ _ _◯_ _ _ _ | Heir, Hyatt CEO |
| MARK | _ _ _ _ _◯_ _ _ _ | Meta (Facebook) co-founder |
| LARRY | _◯_ _ _ _ _ | US Secretary of the Treasury, Harvard president |
| ELON | ◯_ _ _ | Heir, investor |
| BROCK | ◯_ _ _ _ _ | Tether cryptocurrency firm co-founder |
Last names: Allen, Ariely, Back, Bannon, Barak, Blaine, Brende, Brin, Chopra, Clinton, Dershowitz, Gates, Ito, Jagland, Kennedy, Lajčák, Lauder, Lutnick, Mandelson, Maxwell, Musk, Phelan, Pierce, Poole, Pritzker, Ratner, Richardson, Starr, Summers, Thiel, Wexner, Zuckerberg
Hints:
- Fill in the names you can figure out from the clues
- Maybe now you can fill in some long names; e.g. if you filled in the Facebook founder and the Weinstein lawyer, the remaining 10-letter surname must be the N.M. governor
- These names and more appear in the handy List of people named in the Epstein files
Solution, rot13'd:
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