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Crossword Clue and Answers

Crossword Answers

3 letters

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"

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

4 letters

POSE
A deliberate pretense or exaggerated display

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

SUSS

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

5 letters

STUMP
Remove tree stumps from; "stump a field"

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

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"

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!"

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

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"

6 letters

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

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"

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

RIDDLE
A coarse sieve (as for gravel)

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

7 letters

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

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"

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

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

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"

MYSTIFY
Make mysterious; "mystify the story"

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

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"

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

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

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

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"

11 letters

BRAINTEASER