RIDDLE OF THE DAY INDEX

There is a common English word that is nine letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains an English word - from nine letters right down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing one letter at a time?

I have a thousand needles but I do not sew.

What am I?

How do you spell hard water with three letters?

What falls often but never gets hurt?

I dig out tiny caves, and store gold and silver in them. I also build bridges of silver and make crowns of gold. They are the smallest you could imagine. Sooner or later everybody needs my help, yet many people are afraid to let me help them. Who am I?

If you drop me, I'm sure to crack. Give me a smile, and I'll always smile back.

What am I?

I fly when I am born, lie when I'm alive, and run when I am dead.

What am I?

I'm like a doll, But I'm not for playing;
I stand up straight, but if windy I may be laying;
I'm well-known and famous for having no brain;
I work outside both day and night in sunshine or in rain.

What am I?

What do you get when you cross a black cat and a lemon?

The cost of making only the maker knows, Valueless if bought, but sometimes traded. A poor man may give one as easily as a king. When one is broken pain and deceit are assured. What am I?