puzzle
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- n a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
he loved to solve chessmate puzzles
that's a real puzzler - n a game that tests your ingenuity
- v be a mystery or bewildering to
- v be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
We puzzled over her sudden departure
- The new puzzle is a transparent orb consisting of three spheres and six colored balls that must be maneuvered into color-coded domes.
- Will puzzle-publishing gradually sicken, fall off, in June be quite extinct? A promise: PTI will watch, will report directly if the above barometer shows sign of slightest change.
- In Toronto last week one Fred Shipley did a jigsaw puzzle while his apartment burned.