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Muddle; illusory discovery
Answer for the clue "Muddle; illusory discovery ", 11 letters:
mare's nest
Word definitions for mare's nest in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a confused multitude of things [syn: clutter , jumble , muddle , welter , smother ]
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Mare 's nest may refer to A hoax or illusion All That Glitters Is a Mares Nest , a record by the Cardiacs The Mare's Nest , a book by David Irving
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A great discovery which turns out to be illusory; a hoax. 2 A confused or complicated situation; a muddle.
Usage examples of mare's nest.
Around its glow Arkady saw signs of an abandoned military battery: earthworks turned to a grassy knoll, gunplates now rings of rust, a mare's nest of barbed wire.