Challenging puzzle Crossword Clue

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Challenging puzzle Crossword Answer

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(noun)
1. a difficult problem
2. something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

CHALLENGING (adjective)
1. requiring full use of your abilities or resources
2. stimulating interest or thought
PUZZLE (verb)
1. be a mystery or bewildering to
2. be uncertain about; think about without fully understanding or being able to decide
PUZZLE (noun)
1. a particularly baffling problem that is said to have a correct solution
2. a game that tests your ingenuity

Hint 3: Anagram

Unscramble the letters below to solve for today's answer.
GAMINE

More Daily Pop Crossword (5/25/2025) Answers

Across

1. Diagnostic scanner, briefly

4. Raises a question

8. Brand of fleece-lined boots

12. Scuba tank contents

13. "Smallville" character Lang

14. Gets ___ deal (is treated unfairly) (2 wds.)

15. Novel by 29-Across about the aftermath of a plane crash (3 wds.)

18. Job

19. Slow cooker concoction

20. Degree offered by the Iowa Writer's Workshop (Abbr.)

23. Construction worker Brickowski voiced by Chris Pratt in "The Lego Movie"

25. With 51-Across, "Brokeback Mountain" director

26. Bribery scandal that inspired 2013's "American Hustle"

29. "The Weight of Water," 15-Across, and 46-Across novelist (2 wds.)

33. "The House on Mango ___" (Sandra Cisneros novel)

34. Sci-fi invaders, for short

36. "Invisible Man" novelist Ellison

39. With 38-Down, "Grumpier Old Men" actress

41. Shakespeare's "Much ___ About Nothing"

42. "Vanishing ___" (Jodi Picoult bestseller about a woman who finds missing people)

45. Instagram uploads, for short

46. Novel by 29-Across set at a beach house on the New Hampshire coast (2 wds.)

49. Betty Smith’s “A ___ Grows in Brooklyn”

50. La ___ Tar Pits (L.A. tourist attraction)

51. See 25-Across

52. Drop in the mailbox

53. "Bright Lights, Big ___" (Jay McInerney novel)

54. Flight takeoff approximation (Abbr.)

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1. "Good News" Grammy winner Kathy

2. Grammy-winning singer from Barbados

3. Quitter's declaration (2 wds.)

4. "She Bee Stingin'" boxer Laila

5. Station with toppings and condiments at some Mexican restaurants (2 wds.)

6. Tie the ___ (marry)

7. Fill completely

8. Detroit-based labor group: Abbr.

9. TV fantasy drama inspired by brothers who wrote fairy tales

10. Social faux pas

11. Don't ___ the small stuff

16. FedEx delivery (Abbr.)

17. Solemnly give one's word about (2 wds.)

22. Actor Walter of "Grumpier Old Men"

24. Emma Bovary's title (Abbr.)

27. NNW's directional opposite

28. Collection that includes 32 game pieces and a 64-square game board (2 wds.)

30. Way to the www (Abbr.)

31. The "V" of "SUV"

32. Paperless boarding pass (Hyph.)

35. Got fresh with

36. White-water transports

37. Be extremely fond of

38. See 39-Across

40. Health insurance option (Abbr.)

43. Fast Money cable network

44. Actress Polo of "The Fosters"

47. British poet Hughes once married to Sylvia Plath

48. "The Martian Chronicles" novelist Bradbury

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