| Cryptic from regular can exasperate |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
09 Oct 2025 |
| Beggar can expose housing secret (6) |
The Guardian Cryptic |
18 Aug 2025 |
| Mysterious, secret (6) |
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| Mysterious to all but a few |
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| Esoteric |
Premier Sunday |
15 Jun 2025 |
| Hidden shopping area, new for daughter |
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| Steampunk animated series with a "mysterious" name |
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| Mystenous |
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| A crane somehow hidden (6) |
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| Hidden a crane away |
Mirror Cryptic |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Secret |
Mirror Quick |
30 Apr 2025 |
| Mysterious |
Thomas Joseph |
26 Apr 2025 |
| Secret |
Mirror Quick |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Hidden a crane away |
Mirror Cryptic |
12 Apr 2025 |
| Composer about to bury secret (6) |
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| Series based on "League of Legends" |
TV |
16 Mar 2025 |
| Esoteric |
Newsday |
09 Mar 2025 |
| Esoteric, understood by few people |
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| Secret Formula R can escape bottles |
The Telegraph Toughie |
25 Feb 2025 |
| Esoteric |
Universal |
17 Feb 2025 |
| Mysterious, understood only by a few (6) |
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| Mysterious |
Thomas Joseph |
27 Jan 2025 |
| Circled letter + walking stick |
New York Times |
26 Jan 2025 |
| [aria-label] Circled letter + walking stick |
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| Hidden a crane away |
Mirror Cryptic |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Secret |
Mirror Quick |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Radar can expose inner secret (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
14 Jan 2025 |
| TV animated steampunk series set in utopian Piltover and seedy Zaun (6) |
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| Secret arena built to accommodate hundred |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Esoteric |
The Sun Two Speed |
06 Jan 2025 |
| Mysterious |
The Telegraph Quick |
29 Dec 2024 |
| Netflix animated show about sisters Vi and Jinx (6) |
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| Mysterious start to the contest in the arena, maybe (6) |
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| Hard to grasp |
Wall Street Journal |
24 Oct 2024 |
| Mysterious wrecking of a crane (6) |
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| Abstruse artist returning for punishment (6) |
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| Animated "League of Legends" show |
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| Are out of a tin, though it's not obvious (6) |
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| Secret, mysterious, etc. (6) |
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| Emmy-winning animated TV series (2021-present) featuring the voices of Hailee Steinfeld and Ella Purnell (6) |
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| Esoteric |
Puzzler Backwords |
29 Sep 2024 |
| Esoteric |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Sep 2024 |
| Puzzled over |
Newsday |
07 Sep 2024 |
| Secret or mysterious; ace ran (anag.) |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
20 Aug 2024 |
| Esoteric |
New York Times Mini |
16 Aug 2024 |
| Esoteric beggar can eat sandwiches |
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| A crane turned out to be hidden (6) |
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| Secret, mysterious (6) |
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| Secret |
Mirror Quick |
04 May 2024 |
| A crane poorly hidden |
Mirror Cryptic |
04 May 2024 |
| Returning artist gets stick for being abstruse (6) |
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| Like mysterious rituals |
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| A rare source of sugar? That's mysterious (6) |
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| Not widely known |
New York Times |
28 Mar 2024 |
| Hard to understand |
Commuter |
07 Mar 2024 |
| Obscure punishment given to retreating soldiers (6) |
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| Central Park with stick that's secret |
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| Known only by experts |
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| Esoteric |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Dec 2023 |
| Secret |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Secret; obscure (6) |
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| Hard to understand inclusion of prison in area ultimately lacking |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
06 Dec 2023 |
| Hard to understand a Republican staff (6) |
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| A Roman Catholic article ending in apse is understood by few (6) |
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| Secret |
Thomas Joseph |
01 Jul 2023 |
| Mysterious |
Thomas Joseph |
22 Apr 2023 |
| Esoteric |
USA Today |
13 Apr 2023 |
| Mysterious |
New York Times |
23 Feb 2023 |
| Understood by few |
LA Times Daily |
15 Feb 2023 |
| Esoteric |
Eugene Sheffer |
17 Dec 2022 |
| Mysterious |
Thomas Joseph |
06 Dec 2022 |
| Requiring rare knowledge |
New York Times |
21 Nov 2022 |
| Mysterious |
The Times Concise |
03 Nov 2022 |
| Esoteric |
Eugene Sheffer |
26 Jul 2022 |
| Mysterious |
Thomas Joseph |
16 Jul 2022 |
| Esoteric |
LA Times Daily |
06 Jul 2022 |
| Esoteric |
Wall Street Journal |
14 May 2022 |
| Relatively unknown |
Universal |
05 May 2022 |
| Understood by few |
The Times Concise |
28 Apr 2022 |
| Hard to fathom |
Newsday |
13 Mar 2022 |
| Understood only by the few |
Wall Street Journal |
08 Jan 2022 |
| Esoteric |
Eugene Sheffer |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Grasped by few |
LA Times Daily |
10 Dec 2021 |
| Esoteric |
Eugene Sheffer |
23 Oct 2021 |
| Esoteric |
USA Today |
20 Oct 2021 |
| Mysterious star can enhance shows |
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| Unfamiliar to most |
Newsday |
15 Aug 2021 |
| Esoteric |
Newsday |
01 Aug 2021 |
| Hard to understand |
New York Times |
12 Jul 2021 |
| Impenetrable |
Wall Street Journal |
25 Jun 2021 |
| Mysterious |
Thomas Joseph |
26 May 2021 |
| Esoteric |
The Washington Post |
09 May 2021 |
| Esoteric |
LA Times Daily |
09 May 2021 |
| Tsar can earn mostly in secret |
The Telegraph Toughie |
06 May 2021 |
| Esoteric |
Premier Sunday |
21 Feb 2021 |
| Far from general knowledge |
Universal |
10 Feb 2021 |
| Esoteric |
Thomas Joseph |
09 Jan 2021 |
| Mysterious vessel in time capsized |
|
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| Mysterious king facing defeat after year |
|
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| Hard to grasp |
Newsday |
12 Dec 2020 |
| Esoteric |
New York Times |
30 Nov 2020 |
| Recherché |
New York Times |
10 Oct 2020 |
| Esoteric |
Eugene Sheffer |
28 Aug 2020 |
| Secret arena newly built to accommodate a hundred |
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| Obscure place to shop, having note for daughter |
|
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| Understood by few |
The Times Concise |
06 Feb 2020 |
| Mysterious, secret or obscure |
Irish Times Simplex |
30 Dec 2019 |
| Mysterious quantity of film probing most of region |
|
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| Understood by few |
The Washington Post |
23 Aug 2019 |
| Understood by few |
LA Times Daily |
23 Aug 2019 |
| Mysterious old sailor dismisses top staff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
17 Aug 2019 |
| . Cooler inside, are they esoteric? |
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| Understood by few |
Newsday |
05 Aug 2019 |
| Occult |
New York Times |
13 Jul 2019 |
| Gotten by few |
Newsday |
08 Jun 2019 |
| Mysterious to most |
USA Today |
30 Apr 2019 |
| Obscure English composer with introduction of vacuous cantata |
The Telegraph Toughie |
19 Apr 2019 |
| Understood by few |
USA Today |
11 Apr 2019 |
| Mysterious or understood by few |
Irish Times Simplex |
14 Mar 2019 |
| Understood by few |
Universal |
02 Feb 2019 |
| Mysterious |
Newsday |
01 Feb 2019 |
| Understood by few |
|
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| Mysterious to most |
|
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| Understood by few |
|
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| Understood by few |
|
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| Occult |
|
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| Understood only by a few |
Wall Street Journal |
22 Oct 2018 |
| Like little-known facts |
LA Times Daily |
21 Sep 2018 |
| Like little-known facts |
The Washington Post |
21 Sep 2018 |
| Secret place for entertainment — any number coming in for day |
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| Antonym of ''well-known'' |
Newsday |
04 Aug 2018 |
| Understood by very few |
Premier Sunday |
29 Jul 2018 |
| Mysterious, understood by few |
Irish Times Simplex |
18 Jun 2018 |
| Mysterious to most |
Newsday |
16 Jun 2018 |
| Cryptic |
Wall Street Journal |
28 Apr 2018 |
| Scholar can expect to be keeping secret |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Mar 2018 |
| Difficult to understand |
Universal |
16 Mar 2018 |
| Mysterious old sailor loses head with staff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
05 Mar 2018 |
| Mysterious |
The Washington Post |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Mysterious |
LA Times Daily |
04 Feb 2018 |
| Cryptic |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Like little-known facts |
|
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| Understood only by a few |
|
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| Mysterious |
The Times Concise |
29 Dec 2017 |
| Hard to know |
Newsday |
18 Nov 2017 |
| Not widely understood |
LA Times Daily |
19 Sep 2017 |
| Not widely understood |
The Washington Post |
19 Sep 2017 |
| Esoteric |
Newsday |
29 Jun 2017 |
| Understood by few |
Wall Street Journal |
10 Jun 2017 |
| Secret |
Thomas Joseph |
25 Feb 2017 |
| Esoteric |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Feb 2017 |
| Esoteric |
The Chronicle of Higher Education |
20 Jan 2017 |
| Esoteric |
|
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| Not widely understood |
|
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| A church with limitless staff understood by few |
Irish Times Crosaire |
31 Dec 2016 |
| Requiring secret knowledge |
Universal |
18 Dec 2016 |
| Abstruse |
The Washington Post |
05 Nov 2016 |
| Secret kept hidden in war can emerge |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Jun 2016 |
| Hard to understand |
Newsday |
26 Jan 2016 |
| Requiring secret knowledge |
|
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| Understood by few |
New York Times |
02 Sep 2015 |
| Esoteric |
Canadiana |
31 Aug 2015 |
| Obscure |
Premier Sunday |
30 Aug 2015 |
| Mysterious academy with right staff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 Aug 2015 |
| Secret royal staff tailing head of Australia |
|
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| Obscure |
LA Times Daily |
05 Aug 2015 |
| Mysterious |
Eugene Sheffer |
20 Jun 2015 |
| Esoteric |
Wall Street Journal |
29 May 2015 |
| Mysterious reading from leading academy staff |
Irish Times Crosaire |
27 May 2015 |
| Understood by only a few |
LA Times Daily |
20 Apr 2015 |
| Recondite |
New York Times |
01 Mar 2015 |
| Understood by few |
|
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| Recondite |
|
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| Obscure |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Understood by only a few |
|
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| Obscure |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Apprehended by a small group |
|
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| Known by only a few |
|
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| Like much tax law |
|
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| Known by few |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Hard to understand |
|
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| Not generally known |
|
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| Something quite clear can easily become mysterious |
|
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| Like knowledge that should be kept to a minimum in crossword clues |
|
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| Known only by insiders |
|
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| Impenetrable |
|
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| Known by very few |
|
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| Not widely understood |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Recherché |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Known by very few |
|
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| Recherché |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Like election laws, typically |
|
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| Mysterious for most |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Understood by very few |
|
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| Obscure |
|
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| Secret |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Secret |
|
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| Understood by only a few |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Like secret rituals |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Known by only a few |
|
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| Understood by very few |
|
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| Like secret rituals |
|
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| Cryptic |
|
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| Known by very few |
|
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| Understood by a rare few |
|
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| Understood by very few |
|
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| Understood by only a few |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Known by few |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Tough to understand |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Not commonly known |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Obscure |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Cryptic |
|
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| Esoteric |
|
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| Cryptic |
|
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| Understood by very few |
|
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| Like federal tax laws |
|
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| Secret |
|
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| Known by few |
|
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| Mysterious to most |
|
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| Obscure |
|
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| Not well-known |
|
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| Like trade secrets |
|
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| Secret |
|
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| Mysterious |
|
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| Like cult rituals |
|
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| Hard to fathom |
|
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| Like trade secrets |
|
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| Obscure |
|
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| Recherché |
|
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| Myterious |
|
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| Abstruse |
|
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| Like federal tax laws? |
|
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| Recherché |
|
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| Secret, as rituals |
|
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| Difficult to understand |
|
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| Cabalistic |
|
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| Known to just a few |
|
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| Like Federal tax laws |
|
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| Unknowable |
|
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| Obscure |
|
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| Secret |
|
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| +Secret |
|
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| Obscure |
|
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| Hidden |
|
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| Secret. |
|
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| Difficult to understand |
|
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| Incomprehensible |
|
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| Like Stonehenge's true purpose, e.g. |
|
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| Select, as knowledge |
|
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| Hidden; secret. |
|
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| Mysterious. |
|
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| Esoteric or secret. |
|
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| Hidden. |
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