a problem that has so far resisted 'solution' [=a problem that no one has been able to solve]
Medication may not be the best 'solution' for the patient's condition.
She suggested a number of creative 'solutions to' the housing crisis.
(..) Stop! You were saying? Now, I believe it was Sherlock Holmes who said: "Eliminate all logical solutions to a problem - - and the illogical becomes invariably true." I know your name is Daniel Madigan, but how do you know mine? Slater showed me some mugshots. We made your face easy. (..)1993 Last Action Hero