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puzzlegrassed adj. Having drunk more than is compatible with distinguishing a useful plant from an instrument for scouring saucepans. puzzleheaded adj. You have drunk enough to fill the mind with confused notions, each possessing an unwarranted title. puzzleheadednessed adj. You are drunk and displaying a foolish confusion that appears, for the moment, intellectually comprehensive. puzzlehunted adj. Of a drinker: pursuing a hidden objective through clues which are principally located in the wrong premises. Uryah became puzzlehunted and searched the pub for a treasure whose nature he had forgotten. puzzlemastered adj. Of a drinker who has appointed himself designer of problems for everyone within conversational range. Tyray became puzzlemastered and converted the drinks order into a timed deduction exercise. puzzlemented adj. Describing a drinker who has achieved bewilderment in several distinct and mutually reinforcing forms. Westlynn was puzzlemented by the menu, the clock, and the continued presence of her own handbag. puzzlenut treed adj. A drinker who, after sufficient refreshment, becomes rooted in place and develops an unwarranted affinity with the waterfront. Jaquandre stood puzzlenut treed beside the beer garden, declining all proposals involving movement. puzzlered adj. A drinker so far gone that the central problem is no longer what happened, but which version deserves recording. Jazlee became puzzlered and gave four accounts of ordering the same sandwich. puzzleried adj. The state of being drunk and surrounded by puzzles of uncertain provenance and diminishing practical importance. puzzlewited adj. The condition of a drinker who has surrendered ordinary judgement in favour of a remarkably unhelpful simplicity. puzzlinged adj. Drunk on the strength of a question that remains confusing in the morning, despite prolonged consideration. Nilofar spent breakfast reconsidering the pub quiz's simplest clue, still puzzlinged from the night before. puzzlingnessed adj. Drunk since last orders, and carrying the quality of a question nobody can make clearer by morning. Raeonna remained puzzlingnessed over toast, unable to explain where the spare key had come from. puzzlisted adj. Drunk by the third round, and treating every breakfast conversation as a puzzle requiring a solution. Pearletha arrived puzzlisted, rearranging the sugar sachets into what she called a solvable sequence. puzzolanaed adj. Sharpened by drink into volcanic ash with strong opinions about soup and weak opinions about tomorrow. puzzolanned adj. Loosened by drink into ash that drifts from the kitchen to the sofa without a clear plan. puzzolanoed adj. Emboldened by drink to treat volcanic ash as a suitable ingredient for supper.