Try your hand at these somewhat simple riddles.

--1.
Voiceless it cries
wingless flutters
toothless bites
mouthless mutters


--2.
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


--3.
Alive without breath,
as cold as death,
never thirsty,
ever drinking,
when tired, never winking.


--4.
Dies half its life
lives the rest
dances without music
breathes without breath


--5.
I live above a star, and yet I never burn,
I have eleven neighbors, and yet none of them turn,
I am visited in sequence, first, last or in between,
PRS (& sometimes Q)are my initials, now tell me what I mean.


--6.
What is better than the best, more evil than demons, the poor have it and the rich need it, and if you eat it, you will die?


--7.
I am one simple word, but I mean different things
One of my meanings brings great forceful swings,
The other of me, may have curve, like the first...
But only one meaning can help quench a thirst.
One of my meanings will often bring cheers,
Either of them could hold a few beers


--8.
Pronounced as one letter but written with three, two different letters there are and two only in me. I'm double, I'm single I'm black, blue, and gray. I'm read from both ends and the same either way.


--9.
What is it that when you take away the whole, you still have some left over?


--10.
We travel much,yet prisoners are, and close confined to boot. With the swiftest horse we keep pace, yet always go on foot.

1. the wind

9. Is it the word 'wholesome'?

Yes it is curly well done. Gail

4.A tree

good answer

6. nothing

yes it is Sherlock

8. eye

good answer Flo

5.
I live above a star, and yet I never burn,
I have eleven neighbors, and yet none of them turn,
I am visited in sequence, first, last or in between,
PRS (& sometimes Q)are my initials, now tell me what I mean.

# 7 on the phone!!

2. space

sorry Jema try again Denis

7. pitcher

2: darkness? If so, give Jema an assist!

10. horseshoe?

3. a fish

Gail, Denis, Manxman
zook close, but not my answer

10. Spurs

nice finish Koala