Baffling Crossword Clue

Last seen: THE GUARDIAN, 18 Apr 2012

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ELUSIVE
7 Letters
8 RELATED CLUES
Hard to pin downCrossword Clue
Difficult to recallCrossword Clue
Difficult to describeCrossword Clue
Finally, above all, American crossword setter's hard to understandCrossword Clue
SlipperyCrossword Clue
Hard to find English active around usCrossword Clue
Hard to comprehend English version if scholars used Latin edition from the South initiallyCrossword Clue
"Hard to define evil, use ""gone astray"" "Crossword Clue

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BEWILDERING
11 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Gene in existence is hard to graspCrossword Clue
Amazing soul encapsulating actor GeneCrossword Clue
Person holding American playwright to be confusingCrossword Clue
Gene in human, complexCrossword Clue
Incomprehensible existence, more uncivilised in confinementCrossword Clue
Existing around author is confusingCrossword Clue
PerplexingCrossword Clue

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ELUSORY
7 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Difficult to graspCrossword Clue
Evasive note on king getting entertained by the return of the Christmas seasonCrossword Clue
PuzzlingCrossword Clue
DeceptiveCrossword Clue
Hard to grasp mentallyCrossword Clue

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ENIGMATIC
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MysteriousCrossword Clue
CrypticCrossword Clue
Hard to understandCrossword Clue
Deeply mysteriousCrossword Clue
Imagine fringes of tunic getting altered - its inexplicableCrossword Clue
Puzzling international Government tangle, rewound cine filmsCrossword Clue
Tees consumes gin, served up at one: clues initially incomprehensibleCrossword Clue
Puzzling cryptic? I get manicCrossword Clue
Imagine this clue starts out as crypticCrossword Clue
Reproduction of giant mice is not simpleCrossword Clue

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STYMIEING
9 Letters
1 RELATED CLUES
Tiny gem is broken in frustrationCrossword Clue

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POSER
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Disingenuous personCrossword Clue
Tricky problemCrossword Clue
WannabeCrossword Clue
One with attitude is a problemCrossword Clue
WannabeCrossword Clue
Tough questionCrossword Clue
Fake personCrossword Clue
Puzzling problemCrossword Clue
Artist's model?Crossword Clue
Tough nut to crackCrossword Clue

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POSERS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Tricky problemsCrossword Clue
WannabesCrossword Clue
WannabesCrossword Clue
Fake peopleCrossword Clue
WannabesCrossword Clue
Inauthentic peopleCrossword Clue
Fake peopleCrossword Clue
ToughiesCrossword Clue
Tough questionsCrossword Clue
RiddlesCrossword Clue

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ANON
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Unnamed author, for shortCrossword Clue
Author unknown, for shortCrossword Clue
Ever's partnerCrossword Clue
Unknown author, for shortCrossword Clue
Unknown writer, for shortCrossword Clue
Unnamed author, for shortCrossword Clue
Author unknown, for shortCrossword Clue
SoonCrossword Clue
SoonCrossword Clue
ErelongCrossword Clue

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ENIGMA
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
MysteryCrossword Clue
Tough nut to crackCrossword Clue
Cipher machine of W.W. IICrossword Clue
Real head-scratcherCrossword Clue
RiddleCrossword Clue
MysteryCrossword Clue
A setter's retired to tackle good puzzleCrossword Clue
"The Imitation Game" encryption machineCrossword Clue
Tough person to understandCrossword Clue
MysteryCrossword Clue

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ENIGMAS
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10 RELATED CLUES
Inscrutable sortsCrossword Clue
Head-scratchersCrossword Clue
Great mysteriesCrossword Clue
Puzzles, games in playCrossword Clue
"S. American booze English knocked back; theyre hard to understand"Crossword Clue
S. American booze English knocked back; they're hard to understandCrossword Clue
Set up trap in matching puzzlesCrossword Clue
Heading north, spirit is gripped by identical mysteriesCrossword Clue
MysteriesCrossword Clue
Twin full of spirit rejected such mysteriesCrossword Clue

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TOUGHNUTTOCRACK
15 Letters
9 RELATED CLUES
Challenging poser...that rows 3, 5, 11 and 13 have brokenCrossword Clue
One who's not easily convincedCrossword Clue
It's pretty challengingCrossword Clue
PoserCrossword Clue
BafflerCrossword Clue
DifficultyCrossword Clue
Difficult taskCrossword Clue
Hard problemCrossword Clue
Squirrel's headache?Crossword Clue

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WHYS
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Fundamental reasonsCrossword Clue
___ and whereforesCrossword Clue
ReasonsCrossword Clue
___ and whereforesCrossword Clue
Questions from discontented Welsh youthsCrossword Clue
CausesCrossword Clue
Questions sage aloudCrossword Clue
Sounding like sensible questionsCrossword Clue
ReasonsCrossword Clue
"___ that?"Crossword Clue

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MUMBOJUMBO
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Double DutchCrossword Clue
GibberishCrossword Clue
PiffleCrossword Clue
GibberishCrossword Clue
Gibberish, nonsenseCrossword Clue
Confusing words by mother to child endlessly on planeCrossword Clue
GibberishCrossword Clue
NonsenseCrossword Clue
GibberishCrossword Clue
A rhyme for elephant? That's incomprehensibleCrossword Clue

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MYSTERIOUS
10 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Setter's second ghost theme? Elgar ultimately promises to be puzzlingCrossword Clue
What a surprise! Grave contains origin of terrible secretCrossword Clue
InexplicableCrossword Clue
Ill be critical about time needed for crypticCrossword Clue
Your items getting rearranged by poltergeists ultimately? Very curiousCrossword Clue
Peculiar way to represent tourism? YesCrossword Clue
This compilers critical taking time for crypticCrossword Clue
"Cryptic from earliest ""Times"" found in setters grave! "Crossword Clue
Cryptic items yours to be solvedCrossword Clue
Mummys scooped out grave without bone is puzzling!Crossword Clue

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MYSTERY
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Puzzling occurrenceCrossword Clue
Philistine's tyres blown? That's hard to explainCrossword Clue
PuzzleCrossword Clue
Genre for Agatha ChristieCrossword Clue
Sheila E.s hubby, we hear, is an enigmaCrossword Clue
P.D. James specialtyCrossword Clue
Setters tale exchanged Oscar for Englands Closed BookCrossword Clue
Genre of the Edgar AwardsCrossword Clue
Case that hasn’t been closed?Crossword Clue
Setters enrolling unknown saint and queen to create enigmaCrossword Clue

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INSOLUBLE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
What this is until it isnt?Crossword Clue
Able to resist crackers?Crossword Clue
Impossible to get home with the sun turning blueCrossword Clue
Through sun, hazy blues impossible to fathomCrossword Clue
If this were you wouldn't get itCrossword Clue
Like the toughest problemsCrossword Clue
Incapable of being dissolvedCrossword Clue
MystifyingCrossword Clue
Beyond knottyCrossword Clue
Like chalk in waterCrossword Clue

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TYINGUP
7 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Tethering tiny mongrel, rebellious little dogCrossword Clue
SnarlingCrossword Clue
SnarlingCrossword Clue
BindingCrossword Clue
Occupying completelyCrossword Clue

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FROLICSOME
10 Letters
5 RELATED CLUES
Playful crime fools jerksCrossword Clue
Kittenish fools involved with crimeCrossword Clue
I close form naughtily engaged in pranksCrossword Clue
Playful film score composed to encapsulate loveCrossword Clue
SportiveCrossword Clue

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YETI
4 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Big name in travel mugsCrossword Clue
Mythical furry beastCrossword Clue
Mythological creature with origins in Sherpa folkloreCrossword Clue
Sasquatch kinCrossword Clue
Creature in the animated film "Abominable"Crossword Clue
Himalayan cryptidCrossword Clue
Beast in Sherpa mythsCrossword Clue
Mythical mountain monsterCrossword Clue
Cooler brand named for a cold-climate cryptidCrossword Clue
Mythical, hairy humanoidCrossword Clue

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DIEHARD
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Never-give-up sortCrossword Clue
1988 film starring Bruce Willis — one strongly opposing changeCrossword Clue
Bruce Willis filmCrossword Clue
Movie franchise starring Bruce WillisCrossword Clue
Reactionary spotted object beside a road behind hospitalCrossword Clue
Obstinately resistant to changeCrossword Clue
Rebellious man in attack around Germany, fanaticCrossword Clue
One to resist change as Hera did somehowCrossword Clue
Obstinately resistant to changeCrossword Clue
One who sticks to traditional viewsCrossword Clue

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PORTENT
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
OmenCrossword Clue
Warning powerful rainstorms beginning to come inCrossword Clue
Warning after blending Iberian winesCrossword Clue
SignCrossword Clue
OmenCrossword Clue
Omen: X written in wineCrossword Clue
Warning for Harry Potter to stop illusion ultimatelyCrossword Clue
Sign left on hospital departmentCrossword Clue
OmenCrossword Clue
Sign in entrance letting number inCrossword Clue

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FLOORING
8 Letters
7 RELATED CLUES
Almost overwhelm gang? That's shockingCrossword Clue
Stunning men after love involved in affairCrossword Clue
Can phone fellow in advance to get carpet, sayCrossword Clue
Can phone fellow in advance to get carpet, sayCrossword Clue
Interminable deluge - call for lino, maybeCrossword Clue
Parquetry, e.gCrossword Clue
Linoleum, for exampleCrossword Clue

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EXCLUSIVE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Ninety featuring in subtle story published only by usCrossword Clue
Ten cups contained in slippery scoopCrossword Clue
Hard to catch around 90 soleCrossword Clue
Private lives: topless sex club’s regulars drunkCrossword Clue
Private lives: topless sex clubs regulars drunkCrossword Clue
About ten cryptic clues I have for sole'Crossword Clue
SingleCrossword Clue
ScoopCrossword Clue
ScoopCrossword Clue
Private individualCrossword Clue

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MYSTERYPLAY
11 Letters
3 RELATED CLUES
Medieval drama on biblical themesCrossword Clue
Medieval performance on a biblical themeCrossword Clue
Medieval production based on biblical charactersCrossword Clue

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STUMPS
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Lumberjack’s wakeCrossword Clue
BafflesCrossword Clue
Temperature in reservoirs is bafflingCrossword Clue
Works the campaign trailCrossword Clue
Defeats - six on the cricket field?Crossword Clue
Leaves befuddledCrossword Clue
Walks stiffly when final cricket ball has been deliveredCrossword Clue
Perplexes ones at cricket groundCrossword Clue
Baffles — projecting remnantsCrossword Clue
Close of play at cricketCrossword Clue

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THWART
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Foil the plans ofCrossword Clue
Extremely tough skill, fencing with foilCrossword Clue
FoilCrossword Clue
Stop that train, primarily about hard struggleCrossword Clue
FrustrateCrossword Clue
StymieCrossword Clue
Married couple tucking into pastry dish in foilCrossword Clue
Oppose extremists in tough conflict close to militantCrossword Clue
Husband and wife sharing dessert hamperCrossword Clue
The endless growth in snooker?Crossword Clue

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TONSURE
7 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Brother may have this nurse to fancyCrossword Clue
What a monk may have on, certainly after end of LentCrossword Clue
Not going back, confident, with shaved headCrossword Clue
Brother's hairstyleCrossword Clue
Large number certain to see crop circle?Crossword Clue
Hairstyle in sport coming back in various tonesCrossword Clue
Hairstyle in sport coming back in various tonesCrossword Clue
Cut on head: not upset? AbsolutelyCrossword Clue
Large amount, definitely brothers cutCrossword Clue
Bald spotCrossword Clue

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ARDOUR
6 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
A Republican forbidding passionCrossword Clue
PassionCrossword Clue
Passion of East Ender trying to sound more toughCrossword Clue
Taking a couple of layers off - heard amour can find passionCrossword Clue
Passion of artist turning grimCrossword Clue
Passion of artist turning grimCrossword Clue
Heat that could make a run grimCrossword Clue
Passion is more intense, commonly overheardCrossword Clue
Passion more difficult, its commonly said?Crossword Clue
Heat can make a run grimCrossword Clue

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PLAYHARDTOGET
13 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Coyly feign a lack of interestCrossword Clue
Pretend not to care about stage work that's pretty incomprehensibleCrossword Clue
Feign reluctance to give reason for theatre closure?Crossword Clue
Tease in literary work, not easily understoodCrossword Clue
Pat halted orgy, in order to ___ ?Crossword Clue
Be aloof so as to heighten the interest of an admirerCrossword Clue
Act coy, hoping to increase one's appealCrossword Clue
Seem unapproachable or uninterestedCrossword Clue
Be aloof so as to heighten the interest of an admirerCrossword Clue
Feign lack of interestCrossword Clue

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FOLLOWING
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Fan baseCrossword Clue
Fluid including oil drained nextCrossword Clue
Support postCrossword Clue
Support postCrossword Clue
Madness mostly in debt to fansCrossword Clue
Fans staying behindCrossword Clue
Love line in continuous suiteCrossword Clue
Supporters will be succeedingCrossword Clue
Body of supporters about to be mentionedCrossword Clue
In hot pursuitCrossword Clue

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CRUXES
6 Letters
4 RELATED CLUES
Main pointsCrossword Clue
Pivotal pointsCrossword Clue
Essential pointsCrossword Clue
Puzzling thingsCrossword Clue

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FOXED
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
Spottys baffledCrossword Clue
Minister has journalist baffledCrossword Clue
DeceivedCrossword Clue
Tricked cunninglyCrossword Clue
Tricked cunninglyCrossword Clue
TrickedCrossword Clue
Took inCrossword Clue
Discolored with yellowish-brown stainsCrossword Clue
Discolored with yellowish-brown stainsCrossword Clue
OutsmartedCrossword Clue

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UNFATHOMABLE
12 Letters
6 RELATED CLUES
Maybe lean in, clutching a barrel thats bottomlessCrossword Clue
Presumably thin sailor left in house, puzzlingCrossword Clue
An album of The Kinks thats impossible to getCrossword Clue
A humble fan to be moved, too deep for wordsCrossword Clue
Too profound to graspCrossword Clue
A humble fan to be moved, too deep for wordsCrossword Clue

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LINGO
5 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
ShoptalkCrossword Clue
unfamiliar vocabularyCrossword Clue
Specialized "-speak"Crossword Clue
JargonCrossword Clue
JargonCrossword Clue
Language in poetry extract reduced successCrossword Clue
Specialized terminologyCrossword Clue
JargonCrossword Clue
Fish love jargonCrossword Clue
'Glo', so to speak?Crossword Clue

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IRRADIATE
9 Letters
10 RELATED CLUES
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Cast light on Irish judge accepting help in returnCrossword Clue
Pasteurize, in a wayCrossword Clue
Short of time, Rita tried a broken shed lightCrossword Clue
Short of time, Rita tried a broken shed lightCrossword Clue
Expose to UV waves, sayCrossword Clue
Shed light on raid, bungled in mad circumstancesCrossword Clue
What waves do with anger about wireless curtailmentCrossword Clue
Expose to UV waves, sayCrossword Clue
How to treat food with a tired air, perhapsCrossword Clue

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Showing 35 Matching Answers

ELUSIVE

8 RELATED CLUES

BEWILDERING

7 RELATED CLUES

ELUSORY

5 RELATED CLUES

ENIGMATIC

10 RELATED CLUES

STYMIEING

1 RELATED CLUES

POSER

10 RELATED CLUES

POSERS

10 RELATED CLUES

ANON

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ENIGMA

10 RELATED CLUES

ENIGMAS

10 RELATED CLUES

TOUGHNUTTOCRACK

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WHYS

10 RELATED CLUES

MUMBOJUMBO

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MYSTERIOUS

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MYSTERY

10 RELATED CLUES

INSOLUBLE

10 RELATED CLUES

TYINGUP

5 RELATED CLUES

FROLICSOME

5 RELATED CLUES

YETI

10 RELATED CLUES

DIEHARD

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PORTENT

10 RELATED CLUES

FLOORING

7 RELATED CLUES

EXCLUSIVE

10 RELATED CLUES

MYSTERYPLAY

3 RELATED CLUES

STUMPS

10 RELATED CLUES

THWART

10 RELATED CLUES

TONSURE

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ARDOUR

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PLAYHARDTOGET

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FOLLOWING

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CRUXES

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FOXED

10 RELATED CLUES

UNFATHOMABLE

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LINGO

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IRRADIATE

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