cracks the code
- deciphersInterprets coded messages
- solvesFinds the answer to
- unlocksDisengages a fastening
- puzzleChallenge testing ingenuity
- enigmaSomething hard to fathom
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success vs failure in solving
cracks the codedraws a blank
Fails to recall
gives up · misses the point · throws in the towel · loses the plot · flounders