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labyrinthian incongruous blank byzantine entangled Daedalian Gordian furtive interlaced deadpan impalpable full of twists and turns rarefied indescribable undefinable expressionless impassive unimaginable indirect shrouded undisclosed obfuscated unrevealed muddy incalculable cloaked sphinx-like cloak-and-dagger prevaricating sketchy beats me magical suspicious ironic muzzy curious suspect chancy bizarre amphibological bamboozling surprising queer unsure disputable uncomprehensible roundabout fine circumlocutory dim blurry impossible to interpret unestablished periphrastic bleary shifty doubtable unascertained in question unanswerable moot non-committal spiny narrow Greek to me iffy baroque daedal cumbersome blear tenuous above one's head hairsplitting distinct mixed knotted troublesome strict hair-splitting up in the air hi-tech fine-drawn fine-spun yet to be decided petty finespun gnarly trifling tiny open to doubt Daedalean polysemous polysemic polysemantic hinky private multivocal 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