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Zen Riddles Crossword Clue

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noun

• a paradoxical anecdote or a riddle that has no solution; used in Zen Buddhism to show the inadequacy of logical reasoning

39%11Riddles within riddles
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25%7Riddles
noun

• something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

• a difficult problem

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