puzzler

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  1. One who or that which puzzles or perplexes. Hebrew, the general puzzler of old heads. A. Brome, Elegy on his Schoolmaster.

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  • I put not this question as a puzzler, a bamboozler, but purely for information; and that I may make my Sir Charles susceptible of the generous (may I say generous?) —  Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries)
  • There had been a scuttle for cover; the marquee had capsized; a frantic carrying of cushions and chairs; a tablecloth lofted to the boughs of the monkey-puzzler, fluttering in the rain; a bright period and the cautious emergence of guests on to the soggy lawns; another squall; another twenty minutes of sunshine. —  The Complete Stories of Evelyn Waugh
  • Brutus hadn't expected such a puzzler, and it was obvious that his toughness made up for his lack of intelligence. —  EQMM,March-April2008
  • I don't have any, not being a regular crossword puzzler myself.
  • This puzzler is beautifully drawn, and terrific fun, too. —  Web User: Seen This
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