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1. the mystery deepens
2. to give someone an air of mystery
3. a total/complete mystery
4. to unravel a mystery
5. a murder mystery

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1. the mystery deepens
2. to give someone an air of mystery
3. a total/complete mystery
4. to unravel a mystery
5. a murder mystery

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1. the mystery gets more complicated.

2. a person acquires a mysterious presence.

3. a 100% mystery

4. to solve a mystery

5. the mystery surrounding a murder, usually a novel [fiction] or a non-fiction about a real life murder.
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1. the mystery deepens.
The mystery becomes or is made deeper, gets more complex, more involved, more difficult to understand or solve & etc.

2. to give someone an air of mystery
To give someone an air or appearance of secrecy, aura, charisma, magic, charm, inscrutability, mysteriousness or secretiveness.

3. a total/complete mystery
A total or complete secret; something that’s unknown or hidden, unexplained or understood; secrecy, obscurity; a story or a play of suspense.

4. to unravel a mystery
To solve, disentangle a mystery.

5. a murder mystery
A work of fiction, drama, story, play or film dealing with or surrounding murder.
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