stumper

applicant aspirant bidder competitor contender contestant nominee successor

claimant entrant hopeful petitioner possibility pothunter runner seeker suitor write-in

dark horse favorite son handshaker job-hunter office seeker possible choice solicitant whistle-stopper

conundrum puzzle

bewilderment cliffhanger crux cryptogram grabber knot mystification parable perplexity problem puzzlement puzzler question riddle secret sphinx sticker stickler teaser twister why

Gordian knot mind-boggler mind-twister question mark sixty-four dollar question tough nut to crack

clue feeler fishing question hint indirect question leader poser prompt prompting reminder suggest trial balloon trick question

conundrum enigma problem question riddle secrecy subtlety thriller

abstruseness charade chiller cliffhanger crux cryptogram difficulty grabber inscrutability mystification occult oracle perplexity poser puzzlement rebus rune sphinx stickler teaser twister whodunit why

brainteaser braintwister closed book inscrutableness mindboggler sixty-four thousand dollar question tough nut to crack

known understanding

puzzlement

abstruseness charade chiller cliffhanger conundrum crux cryptogram difficulty enigma grabber inscrutability mystification occult oracle poser problem puzzle puzzler question rebus riddle rune secrecy sphinx stickler subtlety teaser thriller twister whodunit why

brainteaser braintwister closed book inscrutableness mindboggler sixty-four thousand dollar question tough nut to crack

harmony

bugaboo conundrum enigma example grabber illustration intricacy mystery poser puzzler query riddle stickler teaser twister

brainteaser cliff-hanger mind-boggler sixty-four thousand dollar question

good situation solution

abstruseness charade chiller cliffhanger conundrum crux cryptogram difficulty enigma grabber inscrutability mystification occult oracle perplexity poser problem puzzle puzzlement question rebus riddle rune secrecy sphinx stickler subtlety teaser thriller twister whodunit why

brainteaser braintwister closed book inscrutableness mindboggler sixty-four thousand dollar question tough nut to crack

harmony

complexity conundrum dilemma enigma mystery puzzle quandary teaser

bewilderment charade complication confusion cryptogram distraction doubt embarrassment entanglement intricacy labyrinth maze mystification perplexity plight poser predicament problem puzzlement question rebus stickler strait twister

brain-twister closed book knotty question mind-boggler sixty-four dollar question tough nut to crack tough proposition

solution

confidence good fortune simplicity

enigma mystery paradox riddle teaser twister