| Sieve puzzle |
The Times Quick Cryptic |
30 Sep 2025 |
| Puzzle (6) |
The Sun Mini |
20 Aug 2025 |
| Enigma |
New York Times |
04 Aug 2025 |
| Fill with holes (6) |
Puzzler |
27 Jul 2025 |
| A mystery for the big screen (6) |
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| One strains with this puzzle (6) |
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| Question about day after day, to annoy (6) |
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| Annoy a learned cleric interrupting with a problem |
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| Puzzle |
Puzzler Backwords |
26 Jun 2025 |
| Drilled rocks outside core to make a lot of holes in it (6) |
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| Partly upheld director raising problem |
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| Puzzling question |
The Times Concise |
13 Jun 2025 |
| Tricky question (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
06 Jun 2025 |
| Make many holes in |
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| The puzzle of the sieve? |
Mirror Cryptic |
21 May 2025 |
| Conundrum |
Mirror Quick |
21 May 2025 |
| Enigma |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 May 2025 |
| Strain to get through this puzzle? |
The Sun Two Speed |
20 May 2025 |
| Sphinx's puzzle |
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| Enigma |
The Telegraph Quick |
08 May 2025 |
| Make it full of holes - that's a conundrum (6) |
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| Tricky question puts bishop in anger |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Conundrum |
The Sun Two Speed |
23 Apr 2025 |
| Brain twister |
New York Times |
20 Apr 2025 |
| Puzzling question from Dale at odd points in trip on horse (6) |
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| Sieve |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
06 Feb 2025 |
| Puzzle's free tips from de luxe edition |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
28 Jan 2025 |
| Teaser (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Jan 2025 |
| Conundrum |
Mirror Classic |
19 Jan 2025 |
| A sieve, especially a coarse one used for sand, grain, etc |
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| Type of sieve, ideal for separating soil particles (6) |
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| Perforate pan, but not at first |
Mirror Cryptic |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Conundrum |
Mirror Quick |
11 Jan 2025 |
| Puzzling matter (6) |
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| The puzzle is finding a sieve large enough |
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| Derides 'godless centrists', making puzzling statement |
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| Problem regarding sieve (6) |
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| Puzzle filled throughout, almost |
The Times Sunday Cryptic |
01 Dec 2024 |
| A puzzle full of holes? (6) |
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| Enigma |
The Telegraph Cross Atlantic |
28 Nov 2024 |
| Mystery when female leaves violin for Romeo |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Nov 2024 |
| Annoy about the two days in question (6) |
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| Enigmatic question (6) |
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| Make holes in puzzle (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
11 Nov 2024 |
| Puzzle (6) |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Nov 2024 |
| Tom Marvolo ___: Harry Potter's evil nemesis (6) |
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| The question did somehow figure in again (6) |
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| Large-meshed sieve (6) |
Mirror Classic |
18 Oct 2024 |
| Sort of stumper |
Newsday |
12 Oct 2024 |
| Get annoyed about dad losing a puzzle (6) |
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| Question such as "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" |
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| Poser put out consuming Double Diamonds |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
27 Sep 2024 |
| The puzzle takes some sifting (6) |
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| A puzzle to refine (6) |
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| It may be used to sort out a difficult problem |
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| Puzzling question |
New York Times Mini |
14 Sep 2024 |
| A puzzle that's full of holes (6) |
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| Enigma |
Universal |
08 Sep 2024 |
| Tom ___ (aka Wizard Voldemort) (6) |
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| Enigma |
Puzzler Backwords |
04 Sep 2024 |
| Sift out a puzzling problem (6) |
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| A puzzle, obscure question (6) |
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| Make holes in a difficult question (6) |
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| How to keep lumps out is the question (6) |
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| Shoot a lot of bullets into the screen (6) |
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| Conundrum |
Mirror Classic |
05 Jul 2024 |
| Puzzling question |
Newsday |
27 Jun 2024 |
| Annoy about two democratic leaders with conundrum (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
15 Jun 2024 |
| Puzzle, free, originally devised by the French |
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| Clever conundrum |
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| Puzzle |
Mirror Quick |
24 May 2024 |
| Conundrum of kitchen? |
Mirror Cryptic |
24 May 2024 |
| Question a learned cleric put in to annoy (6) |
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| Brain-breaking question |
LA Times Daily |
26 Mar 2024 |
| Tom Marvolo ___, Voldemort's original name (6) |
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| Anger over Doctor of Divinity's puzzling question (6) |
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| A screen mystery |
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| Mind-teasing question, enigma (6) |
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| Conundrum |
Mirror Classic |
07 Mar 2024 |
| It's full of holes. That's the problem (6) |
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| Sift something difficult to understand (6) |
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| Sift something difficult to understand |
The Guardian Quiptic |
04 Mar 2024 |
| Nelson -, Best Music, Scoring Original Song Score and/or Adaptation Oscar winner for 1974 film The Great Gatsby |
Mirror Quiz |
02 Mar 2024 |
| To refine material will certainly present a problem (6) |
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| The puzzle that used to strain (6) |
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| Does it sort out a poser? (6) |
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| Puzzle to cover with holes (6) |
Puzzler Cryptic |
22 Jan 2024 |
| Puzzle, enigma |
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| "What gets wetter as it dries?" is one |
Universal |
14 Jan 2024 |
| Large garden sieve used to sift compost or soil (6) |
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| How to separate the wheat from the chaff is the puzzle (6) |
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| Take the top from stovetop and pepper with holes (6) |
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| Did the French have the right to compile this puzzle? |
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| A person or thing difficult to understand or explain (6) |
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| Sift through puzzle |
The Telegraph Toughie |
12 Dec 2023 |
| Sift through puzzle (6) |
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| Republican inactive around end of period? That's a conundrum (6) |
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| Brainteaser |
Eugene Sheffer |
27 Nov 2023 |
| Clear vacant land up and finally solve mystery |
The Guardian Cryptic |
15 Sep 2023 |
| Verbal puzzle ("What is full of holes but still holds water?" e.g.) |
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| 'It is a __ wrapped in a __ inside an __.' How Churchill described Russia in 1939 |
The Guardian Weekend |
13 May 2023 |
| Verbal brain teaser |
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| Trick question? |
Universal |
20 Mar 2023 |
| Conundrum |
The Telegraph Quick |
10 Aug 2022 |
| Brain-teaser question |
Newsday |
21 Jun 2022 |
| Brainteaser |
Eugene Sheffer |
15 Apr 2022 |
| Mind teaser from the Sphinx |
Universal |
25 Jan 2022 |
| It's difficult to figure out what this might be |
Irish Times Crosaire |
03 Jan 2022 |
| Brain-teaser |
Eugene Sheffer |
14 Dec 2021 |
| Puzzle |
The Telegraph Quick |
09 Dec 2021 |
| Puzzling question |
The Guardian Quick |
07 Oct 2021 |
| It's difficult to figure out what this might be |
Irish Times Crosaire |
26 Aug 2021 |
| Brain-teaser and coarse sieve |
Irish Times Simplex |
03 Jun 2021 |
| Filter problem |
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| Anger involving theologian's conundrum |
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| Brain-teaser |
Eugene Sheffer |
13 Mar 2021 |
| Question for puzzle solvers |
The Washington Post Sunday |
31 Jan 2021 |
| It's difficult to figure out what this might be |
Irish Times Crosaire |
23 Dec 2020 |
| Puzzling question? |
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| Enigma |
LA Times Daily |
06 Dec 2020 |
| Enigma |
The Telegraph Quick |
16 Oct 2020 |
| Conundrum |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Tricky question puts bishop in anger |
The Sun Two Speed |
19 Jun 2020 |
| Free, led to crack puzzle |
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| Puzzle |
The Telegraph Quick |
17 Apr 2020 |
| "When is a door not a door?," e.g |
LA Times Daily |
13 Apr 2020 |
| 'When is a door not a door?,' e.g |
The Washington Post |
13 Apr 2020 |
| Found upside down in field, dirty puzzle |
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| Doll oddly found in fairground attraction is an enigma |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
19 Feb 2020 |
| Conundrum |
Thomas Joseph |
18 Feb 2020 |
| Puzzle that might be draining |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
15 Feb 2020 |
| Enigma |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Nov 2019 |
| Dukes in anger posing cryptic question |
The Sun Two Speed |
11 Nov 2019 |
| I'm half of 10 plus half of 16: what am I? |
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| It's a mystery what this is? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
15 Oct 2019 |
| Cryptic verse |
The Times Concise |
13 Oct 2019 |
| Puzzle as theologian's overcome by anger |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
12 Oct 2019 |
| It's difficult to figure out what this is? |
Irish Times Crosaire |
24 May 2019 |
| Conundrum |
The Telegraph Quick |
21 May 2019 |
| What Edward Nygma poses to Batman |
The Washington Post Sunday |
14 Apr 2019 |
| Cryptic statement |
The Times Concise |
15 Mar 2019 |
| Brain-teaser |
Irish Times Simplex |
09 Feb 2019 |
| Brain teaser |
Universal |
17 Dec 2018 |
| Fill in puzzle |
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| Puzzle that's full of holes? |
The Sun Two Speed |
16 May 2018 |
| Taking Driving Licence in drive is a problem |
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| Puzzle, cooker not opening |
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| Brain teaser |
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| Sieve and cooking device, but no opener |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
26 Sep 2017 |
| "What has hands but can't clap?" is one |
USA Today |
06 Sep 2017 |
| Conundrum |
Wall Street Journal |
08 May 2017 |
| Conundrum |
The Guardian Quick |
21 Apr 2017 |
| You'll find a lot of holes in this cryptic puzzle |
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| Cryptic question |
The Times Concise |
03 Feb 2017 |
| "What has hands but can't clap?" is one |
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| What has lots of little holes? It�s a puzzle |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
02 Dec 2016 |
| Leak, as Jimmy's overlooked sieve |
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| Coarse sieve |
The Guardian Quick |
23 Sep 2016 |
| Enigma |
The Washington Post |
03 Sep 2016 |
| Make many holes in puzzle |
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| Sieve |
The Telegraph Quick |
02 Aug 2016 |
| Make many holes in puzzle |
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| Sift puzzling piece of verse |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
24 Mar 2016 |
| Enigma |
Universal |
24 Feb 2016 |
| Supposing, supposing, three men were frozen; two died, how many were left? That's worth solving! |
Irish Times Crosaire |
11 Dec 2015 |
| One offering cryptic clues to sift |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
04 Dec 2015 |
| Sieve; puzzle |
The Telegraph Quick |
11 May 2015 |
| Puzzling question |
The Times Concise |
01 May 2015 |
| Puzzle that's full of holes? |
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| Puzzle that is full of holes |
The Telegraph Cryptic |
21 Feb 2015 |
| Nelson --, American popular music arranger (1921-85) |
The Telegraph General Knowledge |
19 Jan 2015 |
| Conundrum |
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| Judges 14:14 has the only one in the Bible |
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| Head-scratcher |
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| Poser taken in hand by forty-niner? |
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| Puzzling question |
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| Its entertainment value is questionable |
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| Conundrum |
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| Conundrum |
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| Puzzling question |
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| Vexing question |
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| Mind-teasing question |
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| Fill full of holes |
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| The Sphinx had a famous one |
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| Question meant to confound |
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| It doesn't have an obvious answer |
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| Permeate |
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| Permeate |
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| "When is a door not a door?," e.g. |
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| "When is a door not a door?," e.g. |
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| Stumper |
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| The Sphinx had a famous one |
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| Sphinx's offering |
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| Puzzling question |
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| Stumper |
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| Certain brainteaser |
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| Question posed by Turandot |
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| Conundrum |
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| Verbal puzzle |
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| Puzzling question |
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| Mind teaser |
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| Fill with holes |
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| Tricky question |
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| Conundrum |
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| Perforate |
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| Sphinx offering |
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| Perforate thoroughly |
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| Turandot's test |
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| Mind teaser |
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| Mind twister |
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| Enigma |
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| Conundrum |
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| Stumper |
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| Brainteaser |
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| Sphinx's offering |
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| Verbal puzzle |
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| Perforate thoroughly |
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| Brain stumper |
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| Conundrum |
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| "What has four wheels and flies?" |
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| What Oedipus solved |
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| Nelson ___ of songdom |
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| Pierce with many holes |
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| Bandleader Nelson |
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| Poser |
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| Puzzle. |
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| Something perplexing. |
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| What the Sphinx asked. |
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| Perplexity. |
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| Puzzling person. |
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| Mystery. |
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| Enigma. |
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| Puzzling question. |
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