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riddles (out)

verb

present tense third-person singular of riddle (out)

as in solves

to find an answer for through reasoning with the discovery of the Rosetta stone, archaeologists at long last were able to riddle out the mystery of Egyptian hieroglyphics

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Piping it straight to nearby buildings works beautifully in February, but solves nothing in July.

— Moones Alamooti, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026
Today’s Theme Everyone solves crosswords differently, and there’s no specific order you’re meant to solve in; do what works best for you.

— Sam Corbin, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2026

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In games, Riley Park unravels a sinister mystery around the fictional children’s television show Amanda the Adventurer after discovering a mysterious video tape in their late aunt Kate’s attic.

— Glenn Garner, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2026
Unless Smith gets hurt or the season unravels enough to prompt a quarterback change, Klubnik will likely spend his rookie year learning behind the veteran.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 8 Oct. 2026

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Marie Callender’s Chicken Pot Pies Another freezer classic, and another that comes with eight in a box, which works out to under $2 a pie.

— Danielle Bouchard, Martha Stewart, 15 Oct. 2026
The director had rather surprisingly bragged that the film features around 50 jump scares, which works out to around one every two minutes.

— James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026

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