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Profound Abstruse Crossword Clue

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We've checked our database and believe the answer is RECONDITE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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199%9Exact Match!
244%15Profound and abstruse matters
329%10 With abstruse complexity

About This Clues Answer

We think the answer is "RECONDITE" which means:

    adjective satellite
  • • Difficult to penetrate; incomprehensible to one of ordinary understanding or knowledge
  • noun
  • • A recondite (hidden or obscure) person or thing.
  • • A scholar or other person who is recondite, that is, who has mastery over his or her field, including its esoteric minutiae.
  • verb
  • • To conceal, cover up, hide.
  • adjective
  • • Of areas of discussion or research: difficult, obscure.
  • • (somewhat obsolete) hidden or removed from view.

An example sentence would be:

  • • "His research proposal was rejected because of its recondite language."
  • • "The philosopher's ideas were too recondite for most people to understand."

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New York Times04 Nov 1981 Across 46
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