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Jigsaw puzzle

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of puzzle in which the aim is to reconstruct a picture that has been cut (originally, with a jigsaw) into many small interlocking pieces.
  2. 2
    a puzzle that requires you to reassemble a picture that has been mounted on a stiff base and cut into interlocking pieces wordnet
  3. 3
    An alphabetical jigsaw; a crossword in which the clues are not numbered and the solver must work out where each solution fits in the grid.

    "The grid is designed so as to make this a genuine challenge: there are six words each of four to nine letters, and nothing longer – normally it’s the long lights that are the key to a jigsaw puzzle."

Etymology

jigsaw + puzzle

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