Puzzle
Crossword Clue & Answers

26 May 2021
Last seen in: Irish Independent - Simple

We found 34 answers for the crossword clue 'Puzzle', the most recent of which was seen in the Irish Independent - Simple.

We've seen this clue in both CRYPTIC and NON-CRYPTIC crossword publications.

We have given Puzzle a popularity rating of 'Very Common' because it has featured in a numerous crossword publications and has multiple answers.

As well as being a clue we've also seen Puzzle as an answer itself some 56 times.

Puzzle is a single word clue made up of 6 letters.

We most recently saw this clue in 'Irish Independent - Simple' on Thursday, 03 June 2021 with the answer being PERPLEX, but the most popular answer for this clue is ENIGMA.

We've seen this clue in the following publications:

• Irish Independent - Simple - 3 Jun 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 14 May 2021
• Evening Standard Easy Crossword - 22 Apr 2021
• Irish Independent - Simple - 13 Feb 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 14 Jan 2021
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 8 Dec 2020
• The Guardian Quick - 10 Nov 2020
• The New York Times Crossword - 30 Sep 2020
• Irish Independent - Simple - 23 Sep 2020
• Evening Standard Quick Crossword - 17 Sep 2020

Definitions and usage

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• A game that tests your ingenuity
• A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"
• Be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide; "We puzzled over her sudden departure"
• Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

Crossword Answers

3 Letters

GET
A return on a shot that seemed impossible to reach and would normally have resulted in a point for the opponent

VEX
Cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves"

4 Letters

BEAT
The act of beating to windward; sailing as close as possible to the direction from which the wind is blowing

KNOT
A unit of length used in navigation; exactly 1,852 meters; historically based on the distance spanned by one minute of arc in latitude

POSE
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

SUSS

5 Letters

ADDLE
Mix up or confuse; "He muddled the issues"

AMAZE
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

POSER
A person who poses for a photographer or painter or sculptor; "the president didn't have time to be a model so the artist worked from photos"

REBUS
A puzzle where you decode a message consisting of pictures representing syllables and words

STICK
Stay put (in a certain place); "We are staying in Detroit; we are not moving to Cincinnati"; "Stay put in the corner here!"; "Stick around and you will learn something!"

STUMP
Remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"

6 Letters

BAFFLE
A flat plate that controls or directs the flow of fluid or energy

BEMUSE
Cause to be confused emotionally

ENIGMA
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

GRAVEL
Rock fragments and pebbles

JIGSAW
A portable power saw with a reciprocating blade; can be used with a variety of blades depending on the application and kind of cut; generally have a plate that rides on the surface that is being cut

RIDDLE
A coarse sieve (as for gravel)

TEASER
An attention-getting opening presented at the start of a television show

7 Letters

FLUMMOX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

MYSTERY
Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained; "how it got out is a mystery"; "it remains one of nature's secrets"

MYSTIFY
Make mysterious; "mystify the story"

NONPLUS
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

PARADOX
(logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

PERPLEX
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

PROBLEM
A source of difficulty; "one trouble after another delayed the job"; "what's the problem?"

PUZZLER
A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"

STUPEFY
Make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow; "stun fish"

8 Letters

BEWILDER
Cause to be confused emotionally

9 Letters

CONUNDRUM
A difficult problem

CROSSWORD
A puzzle in which words corresponding to numbered clues are to be found and written in to squares in the puzzle

DUMBFOUND
Be a mystery or bewildering to; "This beats me!"; "Got me--I don't know the answer!"; "a vexing problem"; "This question really stuck me"

MYSTIFIER
A particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution; "he loved to solve chessmate puzzles"; "that's a real puzzler"

11 Letters

BRAINTEASER