Riddles

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Across
  1. 2. I am a five letters word in caps. I can be read the same way upside down. I am an activity that relates to water. What am I?
  2. 3. I am a simple insect. The first part of my name is another insect that stings. Who am I?
  3. 6. What has 12 faces and 42 eyes?
  4. 9. Forward, I am very heavy. Backward, I am not. What am I?
  5. 11. What type of water can you eat and not drink?
  6. 12. Himiko’s mother had three children. The firstborn is called Sunday and the second child is Monday. What is the name of the last born?
  7. 13. I am a star in the sky, one of the planets in the solar system, a god in the ancient days and my name is the same as a devil among the faithful. Who am I?
  8. 16. I am a word that carries the same meaning as “accepted”, remove the first letter from me and I become the nature of human materialism and cupidity. Which word am I?
  9. 17. I am a three letters word that reads the same forward and backward. What am I?
  10. 18. I am a five letters word. When you add two more letters to me, I become shorter. What am I?
Down
  1. 1. The more you take of me, the more you leave behind. What am I?
  2. 4. I shave every single day but my hair and beard stay the same. Who am I?
  3. 5. I am tranquility and also fragility. But when you say even a word, I am not there anymore. Who am I?
  4. 7. If the day after tomorrow becomes yesterday, today will be as far from Sunday as the day it was today when the day before yesterday was tomorrow. What day is it?
  5. 8. I am a four-letter word that retains its pronunciation even after removing all letters following the initial letter. What am I?
  6. 9. How many of each animal was Moses instructed to take into the ark before the great flood?
  7. 10. What costs nothing, very hard to find these days and can be lost easily?
  8. 11. It can hurt very badly. It can poison your heart and mind without touching you. It carries the truth and lies in it. What am I?
  9. 14. When moving forward I am very heavy. You cannot lift me with your hands. But when moving backward, I am not. What am I?
  10. 15. What always jumps when it walks and stands upright when it is sitting?