English Riddles Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. Voiceless it cries,Wingless flutters,Toothless bites,Mouthless mutters.
  2. 4. 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.
  3. 6. 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.
  4. 9. Take off my skin - I won't cry, but you will! What am I?
  5. 10. What is always coming but never arrives?
  6. 12. Which word in the dictionary is spelled incorrectly?
  7. 14. A box without hinges, key, or lid,yet golden treasure inside is hid.
  8. 16. What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Down
  1. 1. What can you catch but not throw?
  2. 2. What invention lets you look right through a wall?
  3. 3. What has a head and a tail, but no body?
  4. 5. Imagine you are in a dark room. How do you get out?
  5. 7. What kind of room has no doors or windows?
  6. 8. What has roots as nobody sees,Is taller than trees.Up, up, up it goes,And yet never grows?
  7. 11. The strangest creature you'll ever find: Two eyes in front and many more behind. Who am i?
  8. 13. The eight of us go forth not back to protect our king from a foes attack. Who am i?
  9. 15. What kind of tree can you carry in your hand?