| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| CONFOUNDING | Perplexing | |
| BEMUSING | Perplexing | |
| ENIGMATIC | Perplexing | |
| MORASS | Perplexing situation | |
| DILEMMA | Perplexing situation | |
| RIDDLES | Peppers with perplexing questions | |
| CRABBY | Crabbed; difficult, or perplexing. | |
| SLUICE | Perplexing clue is found in a sewer | |
| INTRICATE | To entangle; to involve; to make perplexing. | |
| CARKING | Distressing; worrying; perplexing; corroding; as, carking cares. | |
| CRABBED | Obscure; difficult; perplexing; trying; as, a crabbed author. | |
| PERPLEXIVENESS | The quality of being perplexing; tendency to perplex. | |
| BAFFLE | To check by perplexing; to disconcert, frustrate, or defeat; to thwart. | |
| THORNY | Like a thorn or thorns; hence, figuratively, troublesome; vexatious; harassing; perplexing. | |
| MAZY | Perplexed with turns and windings; winding; intricate; confusing; perplexing; embarrassing; as, mazy error. | |
| UNEMBARRASSED | Free from perplexing connection; as, the question comes into court unembarrassed with irrelevant matter. | |