Deeply whimsical beneath its poker face, "The Princess and the Warrior" has the structure of an elaborate mind-teasing puzzle.

Talking about the breakup was like putting together an elaborate puzzle, to which each person contributed a detail or lesson that I wasn't able to see on my own.

There is much to admire in the way the pieces of this elaborate puzzle come together, but there are too many disappointing compromises.

The movie, which has the structure of an elaborate mathematical puzzle, is handsome but cold.

Actually, they were a very elaborate puzzle, the key to which could be found on the ingots.

Crystal Dynamics also made the game non-linear, offering elaborate multi-stage puzzles.

Aura is almost purely about solving elaborate, ingenious puzzles.

There are a couple of more elaborate puzzles, but they tend to be based less on logic than on a spacey sort of synchronicity.

But what holds the eye is the barn itself, an elaborate structural puzzle of interlocking planes and taut, flexed lines.

"Each house is considered a piece in an elaborate puzzle of artistic urban design," said Mr. Stern, who did the overall plan.