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1. Something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained
   "how it got out is a mystery"
   - enigma, secret, closed book
    
2. A story about a crime (usually murder) presented as a novel or play or movie
   - mystery story, whodunit, whodunnit [Brit]

Derived forms: mysteries

See also: mysterious, mystify

Type of: perplexity, story

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