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"intricate" is also used as a crossword clue. If that's what you saw, the answer is often complex (7 letters).
Definitions
Having many complex or finely arranged parts.
Word origin
From Middle English intricat(e) (“entangled, intricate”), from Latin intrīcātus, perfect passive participle of intricō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Used in a sentence
“The architecture of this clock is very intricate.”
“It is next argued that the discretion must be exercised in a reasonable manner and that the question whether a will was in fact executed or not would seldom be an intricate question and was not so in this case.”
“From this point of vantage, we were able to gain an impression of the massive outlines of the main structure, and its intricate maze of girders.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
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