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The Clue

Complex (6 letter answer)

The Answer

KNOTTY

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Notes

The answer KNOTTY is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1000 puzzles.

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Definition

KNOTTY as an adjective:

1. (baffling, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough) = making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; "a baffling problem"; "I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast"; "a problematic situation at home"
2. (gnarled, gnarly, knotted, knotty, knobbed) = used of old persons or old trees; covered with knobs or knots; "gnarled and knotted hands"; "a knobbed stick"
3. (Byzantine, convoluted, involved, knotty, tangled, tortuous) = highly complex or intricate; "the Byzantine tax structure"; "convoluted legal language"; "convoluted reasoning"; "the plot was too involved"; "a knotty problem"; "got his way by labyrinthine maneuvering"; "Oh, what a tangled web we weave"- Sir Walter Scott; "tortuous legal procedures"; "tortuous negotiations lasting for months"
4. (knotted, knotty, snarled, snarly) = tangled in knots or snarls; "a mass of knotted string"; "snarled thread"