conundrums

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For this week’s Slate Plus bonus episode, Emily, John, David, and special guest Stephen Colbert answer listeners’ conundrums of all kinds: the meaningful, the trivial, and the delightfully absurd.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2025

Email your pairing conundrums, etiquette queries and other pressing questions on bottles for the holiday table to [email protected].

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 30, 2025

Award-winning biographer Wilson approaches the life of Scottish writer Muriel Spark as a series of puzzles and conundrums to be teased out.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 2, 2025

But, while it attempts to resolve these conundrums, Spain is enjoying its status as the motor of European growth.

From BBC • Feb. 9, 2025

Despite all the days’ mysteries, riddles, and conundrums, the realization that, in Simon, she had found a true friend, was enough to cheer Penelope to the core.

From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood