The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word MAZE
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result MAZE
- Removing centre from corn on the cob is a puzzle
- Bewildering construction presented by your self-absorbed setter?
- PM’s spoken of “complex network, difficult to leave“
- This writer embraces extreme characters in complicated system
- Confused state produced by grain, we hear
- Answer unknown in the setter’s puzzle?
- Prime Minister’s said there’s no obvious exit from this
- Food crop I abandoned in complex situation
- It has misleading passages
- A puzzle by Porcia containing the whole alphabet, not filled in
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What does MAZE mean?
MAZE noun- A labyrinth; a puzzle consisting of a complicated network of paths or passages, the aim of which is to find one's way.
- Something made up of many confused or conflicting elements; a tangle.
- Confusion of thought; state of bewilderment.
- To amaze, astonish, bewilder
- To daze, stupefy, or confuse