conundrums

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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, David, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, the trivial, and the delightfully absurd.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

It’s something that almost never happens in the NFL because finding a new quarterback is one of the game’s most maddening conundrums.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 13, 2025

It is harder to apply to longer term diplomatic conundrums such as war.

From BBC • May 16, 2025

Nauman paid close attention to Duchamp’s penchant for an art of puns and conundrums.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2025

What senile conundrums was Miss Trixie babbling to Mr. Levy?

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole