2
parable
2
romance
2
sixty-four-thousand-dollar question(expression, question, secret, puzzle, subtlety)
2
tough nut to crack(expression, idiom, difficulty, question, secret)
1
legend
1
abstruseness(difficulty, question, secret, puzzle, subtlety)
1
adventure story
1
apologue
1
bedtime story
1
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1
braintwister(difficulty, question, secret, puzzle, subtlety)
1
charade(difficulty, question, secret, puzzle, subtlety)
1
chiller(noun, question, secret, puzzle, subtlety)
1
cliffhanger(difficulty, question, secret, puzzle, obscurity)
1
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1
crux(difficulty, question, secret, puzzle, obscurity)
1
cryptogram(difficulty, question, secret, puzzle, obscurity)
1
difficulty(question, secret, puzzle, obscurity, subtlety)
1
fantasy
1
fiction
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