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• v  be a mystery or bewildering to
• v  be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
• s  not clear to the understanding
• s  lacking clarity of meaning; causing confusion or perplexity
  a puzzling statement

• You'll need a map to navigate the puzzling geography how does West 4th Street intersect with West 10th Street, exactly? as it's one of the few areas in Manhattan that strays .
• If it was not a hoax or an optical illusion, it was certainly the most puzzling secret weapon that Allied fighters have yet encountered.
• Joaquin Phoenix appears on Late Show with David Letterman under the guise of his new bearded hip-hop persona, puzzling everyone.

• perplex
• vex
• stick
• get
• puzzle
• mystify
• baffle
• beat
• pose
• bewilder
• flummox
• stupefy
• nonplus
• gravel
• amaze
• dumbfound
• enigmatic
• enigmatical
• confusing
• perplexing

News & Articles

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• Auto thefts plague Bay Area
  After six years of steady declines, auto thefts shot up in California last year with several Bay Area cities, most notably San Jose, leading a sudden and puzzling resurgence.
  June 26, 2013 - The Milpitas Post
• Clue: 11 Letters; a Massively Addictive Social Crossword Gaming Experience - Answer: CrossMyWord
  CrossMyWord, the newest word game sensation, launched Friday, introducing a one-of-a-kind competitive social crossword puzzling experience for the iPad and iPhone. CrossMyWord lets gamers build and solve crossword puzzles with friends.
  June 25, 2013 - Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
• 'Teen Wolf' Season 3 mystery: 10 evil druid possibilities
  Now that we're four episodes into "Teen Wolf" Season 3, it's time to begin puzzling over the identity of the Big Bad. Last season, it was the kanima (and the person controlling that monster). This season, it seems to be an evil, serial-killing, human-sacrificing druid with an awesome soundtrack.So who is the darach? We rank the 10 most likely choices here:1. Jennifer Blake, English teacher and ...
  June 25, 2013 - Zap2It

Quotes

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• Joe Torre in Forbes
  Right now, it certainly is puzzling,Torre said. "You really can't worry about the season as much as you need to worry about tomorrow. Tomorrow we need to come out here and start winning."
• Barack Obama in KOB.com
  That has been the history of US diplomacy until very recently,Obama said. "I find it puzzling that we view this as in any way controversial. This whole notion of not talking to people, it didn't hold in the '60s, it didn't hold in the '70s...
• Paul Henderson in Forbes
  This is a puzzling and troubling experience for everybody within this organization,Henderson said in an interview from company headquarters in Streetsville, Ontario. "It is extremely disheartening that we haven't been able to find the...