English Riddles Crossword

2. Alive without breath,As cold as death;Never thirsty, ever drinking,All in mail never clinking.
5. Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
9. What has roots as nobody sees,Is taller than trees.Up, up, up it goes,And yet never grows?
10. What has a head and a tail, but no body?
11. What invention lets you look right through a wall?
12. Thirty white horses on a red hill,First they champ,Then they stamp,Then they stand still.
14. A box without hinges, key, or lid,yet golden treasure inside is hid.
15. What is always coming but never arrives?

1. The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack. Who am i?
3. It cannot be seen, cannot be felt,Cannot be heard, cannot be smelt.It lies behind stars and under hills,And empty holes it fills.It comes first and follows after,Ends life, kills laughter.
4. Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
6. The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many more behind. Who am i?
7. What can you catch but not throw?
8. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?
11. Voiceless it cries,Wingless flutters,Toothless bites,Mouthless mutters.
13. This thing all things devours:Birds, beasts, trees, flowers;Gnaws iron, bites steel;Grinds hard stones to meal;Slays king, ruins town,And beats high mountain down.
16. Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?