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noun • a difficult problem • a coarse sieve (as for gravel) verb • pierce with many holes • set a difficult problem or riddle • separate with a riddle, as grain from chaff • spread or diffuse through • speak in riddles • explain a riddle | ||||||||
| 41% | 8 | Like Oedipus's curse in "Oedipus Rex" | ||||||
adjective satellite • characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is • humorously sarcastic or mocking | ||||||||
| 40% | 7 | Solved the riddle of the Sphinx | ||||||
noun • (Greek mythology) a tragic king of Thebes who unknowingly killed his father Laius and married his mother Jocasta; the subject of the drama `Oedipus Rex' by Sophocles | ||||||||
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RIDDLE which was last seen in the New York Times crossword.
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RIDDLE
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